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Eternity, My Beloved, by Jean Sulivan
The Prodigal Son may have left home because home was permeated with a fainthearted love-a prudent and stunted love-that made him want to get away....
National Insecurity, edited by Craig Eisendrath
Veteran diplomats, former congressional staff members and journalists who specialize in intelligence coverage join forces in this collection of essays to call for a total overhaul of U.S....
Tested on the book of life: Controlling the human genome
The completion, or near completion, of the human genome project was announced with expressions of Promethean awe....
Outspoken pastor: Taking a stand in Austria
When Pastor Gertraud Knoll rose to speak to the crowd in front of the Vienna Opera House last February, she knew her remarks could be hazardous to her career....
A ministry or a program?
When many ministers’ primary role shifted from being pulpit preacher to being institutional CEO, clergy found themselves wondering, “When did my study become an office?” Today, as congregations con...
Harsh politics, extravagant forgiveness: No Future Without Forgiveness.ByDesmond Mpilo Tutu.Doubleday, 244 pp., $22.95.
No Future Without Forgiveness, by Desmond Mpilo Tut...
The 'unnecessary necessity' The Century in World War II: The Century in World War II
At first the editors of the Century, like most others who viewed the situation from afar, failed to appreciate the threat posed by the rise of the Nazi party in Germany....
Swimming in the deep end
The principal of the Catholic high school was taken aback by the phone call. It came from an inmate in a nearby prison....
Churches as government partners: Navigating 'Charitable Choice'
In 1998 Sue Hill, an administrator with the Department of Human Services in Peoria, Illinois, was trying to help find jobs for several adults whose families were on welfare....
A code of conduct
Developed in light of “Charitable Choice,” the following guidelines reflect an effort by some religious groups to regulate their dealings with government funding agencies....
Sheep and shepherds: Mark 6:30-34,53-56:Sixth Sunday Pentecost16th Sunday Ordinary Time
These days churches are tempted to mimic corporations, and pastors try to become CEOs....
Bread and miracles: John 6:1-21
Do you believe God will provide what you need to do the ministry God wants done?
Buddhism in America, by Richard Hughes Seager
Buddhism has entered North America in ways that are transforming both the Buddhist tradition and North American culture. Images of Buddhism have inundated advertising, sports, movies and politics....
Jackson closes a chapter
It was the winter of 1967, and Jesse Jackson was completing his master’s degree at Chicago Theological Seminary....
Body shop: The human tissue industry
Deciding to donate one’s organs and tissues for transplant after death is as morally mainstream an action as one can think of these days....
What happened to Allan Boesak? Corruption in South Africa: corruption in south africa
When Allan Boesak entered Pollsmoor prison last month, even some of the prison guards demonstrated on his behalf....
Exegeting Ohio’s motto: A scriptural ruling
It looks like Ohio will have to celebrate its bicentennial in 2003 without its longtime motto “With God All Things Are Possible.” A federal court ruled in April that the motto is tantamount to a st...
Pilgrim in the Southwest: Sacred things in the desert
When I moved back to the Southwest, the first thing I noticed was color. Green is not a dominant color in New Mexico. The landscape is brown and red and sometimes golden at sunset, but not green....