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Cover
The Fight for the Living
AIDS, orphans, and the future of Africa.
by Eugene F. Rivers 3d and Jacqueline C. Rivers
Protecting Profits
Why a low-cost anti-AIDS tool remains out of reach.
by Marsha Coleman-Adebayo
Confronting AIDS in Uganda
'The solution will come from the community.'
by Ryan Beiler
Features
The Year is 2054
A half-century from now, will the churches finally learn to get along? We look into our crystal ball to see…
by Wesley Granberg-Michaelson
Best-Kept Secret
Feared by some, welcomed by others, charitable choice might transform social services in this country. So why have so few people even heard of it?
by Holly J. Lebowitz
A Revelation in Black and White
Artist Barry Moser's new illustrated Bible shows that the people of scripture - and books themselves - are very much alive.
by Julie Polter
The Waiting
My heart began to beat wildly; my mouth was as dry as the desert around me. Should I take time to go change my shirt?
by Raymond E. Williams
Commentary
Our Strategic Interest in Africa
U.S. churches can provide a driving moral force on the crisis of AIDS in Africa.
by Jim Wallis
Clowns and Poets and Artists - Oh, My!
Saying no to the Disneyfication of America.
by Julie Polter
It's a Start
The IMF/World Bank protests raised long-neglected issues.
by Ryan Beiler
Where Credit is Due
How many colleges does it take to change a community?
by Elizabeth Newberry
Don't Call Me a Saint!
Can we canonize Dorothy Day and serve the poor too?
by Rose Marie Berger
Mainstreaming Justice
The liberation movement for the disabled is just beginning.
by Susan Dolan-Henderson
Columns
Hearts & Minds: Not Your Average Book Tour
by Jim Wallis
Uprisings: Going to the Chapel
by Amie Rose
Eyes & Ears: Dead Certain
by Danny Duncan Collum
H'rumphs: The Choice
by Ed Spivey Jr.
Culture Watch
To the River Together
Family and community at the Bruce Springsteen show.
by Danny Duncan Collum
Attention or Exploitation?
What is the proper role of the filmmaker?
Television: Stranger With a Camera
Reviewed by Elizabeth Newberry
Lives of Compassion and Meaning
The complexities of 'simple living.'
Book: Simpler Living, Compassionate Life: A Christian Perspective by Michael Schut.
Book: Graceful Simplicity: Toward a Philosophy and Politics of Simple Living by Jerome Segal.
Reviewed by Ann McClenahan
Who's In Charge Here?
Jim Hightower skewers 'corporatocracy.'
Book: If The Gods Had Meant Us To Vote They Would Have Given Us Candidates by Jim Hightower.
Reviewed by Chris Byrd
Got Poetry?
It does a body good.
Book : Little River by Linda McCarriston.
Book: Fathering Words by E. Ethelbert Miller.
Book: A Curb In Eden by Joseph Enzweiler.
Book: Story Hunger by Jerah Chadwick.
Book: When the Believer's Chin Points Toward the Moon by Jacqueline Dickey.
Book: The Hour of the Furnaces by Renny Golden.
Book: Our Souls Have Grown Deep Like the Rivers: Black Poets Read Their Work
Reviewed by Rose Marie Berger
Active Christianity
Resisting the pull of McWorld.
Book: Mustard Seed versus McWorld: Reinventing Life and Faith for the Future by Tom Sine.
Reviewed by David Sheild
Summer Reading List
New books worthy of note
Book: The Divine Hours: Prayers for Summertime by Phillis Tickle.
Book: Revolution and Renewal: How Churches Are Saving Our Cities by Tony Campolo.
Book: The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong.
Book: The Eyes of the Heart: A Memoir of Lost and Found by Frederick Buechner.
Book: The African Presence in the Bible: Gospel Sermons Rooted in History by William D. Watley and Raquel Annette St. Clair.
Book: The Biblical Jubilee and the Struggle for Life: An Invitation to Personal, Ecclesial, and Social Transformation by Ross Kinsler and Gloria Kinsler.
Book: Life Ablaze: A Woman's Novena by Joan Chittister.
Book: Spiritual Classics: Selected Readings for Individuals and Groups on the Twelve Spiritual Disciplines by Richard Foster and Emilie Griffin.
Book: Divine and Human: And Other Stores by Leo Tolstoy.
Book: The Good, the Bad, and Your Business: Choosing Right When Ethical Dilemmas Pull You Apart by Jeffrey Seglin.
Compiled by Molly Marsh
Departments
Between the Lines
| Navy Resumes Bombing of Puerto Rico | In the Interest of Other Cuban Children | Pat Robertson Calls for Death Penalty Moratorium | New Friends of the Earth? | Groups Claim Amoco Fuels Sudan War | In Memory of Madonna Kolbenschlag | Briefly Noted |
Groundswell: Jubilee Begins With Me
Can one person make a difference?
by David Beckmann
Call to Renewal: Loaves and Fishes
The Covenant to Overcome Poverty needs you!
by Michaela Bruzzese
Seeds
Resources for study and action.
by Ryan Beiler
Connections
Bringing people together.
by Elizabeth Newberry
Living the Word: A Prayer for All People
by Michael Joseph Brown
Poetry: Letter from the U.S.S. Prairie
by Daniel Lamberton
Letters
| Creative Death | Death Cant | More Funeral Tips | When I Opened My Mouth | Remembering Romero | More Than Movies | Don't Apologize | Impatient Prophets | Religious Literacy | Anthropologists and Anthropoids | Ethics of Organs |
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