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Why the Evangelical Church Needs the Liberal Church
A Presbyterian split would be a serious setback for Reformed orthodoxy.
by Richard Mouw
Why the Liberal Church Needs the Evangelical Church
What if instead of bemoaning our estrangement, we embraced it as a gift?
by Barbara Wheeler
Features
Liberation Without War
Is there a nonviolent way to overthrow dictators and achieve democracy?
by Jack DuVall
Border Crosses
Rather than stopping illegal entry, the 5-mile-long border fence dividing Douglas, Arizona, and Agua Prieta, Mexico, resulted in the deaths of at least 370 people in 2003.
by Rick Reinhard
Building Hope
Faith-based initiatives tackle the affordable housing crisis.
by Stacia M. Brown
Sex, Lies, and Life on the Evangelical Edge
An interview with Philip Yancey, the best-selling Christian author who is surprised at how much he gets away with.
Interviewed by Jim Wallis
Editorials
Privatizing Medicare
The bill will force millions to pay more for drugs, not less.
by Harry C. Kiely
An Open Letter to Young Activists
There are things in life worth being for - and things worth being against.
by Duane Shank
Always Low Wages
Where would Jesus shop? Not Wal-Mart.
by Brian Bolton
Between the Lines
| Are These Your Kids? | A Life of Compassion | Reuters vs. Methodists | The Making of Southern Justice | Shareholders Pounce on Predators | Melchizedek's Munchies | News Bites |
Columns
Hearts & Minds: The Democrats' Religion Problem
by Jim Wallis
The Hungry Spirit: Keeping and Eye on Things
by Rose Marie Berger
Macrowave: It's How You Play the Game
Personal integrity, it seems, has become an endangered species.
by David Batstone
Eyes & Ears: Keeping it Real
Sam Phillips spread the blues, broke racial barriers - and left a mixed legacy.
by Danny Duncan Collum
H'rumphs: The Bible's Better Half
The Bible has one problem: They left out half the good stuff.
by Ed Spivey Jr.
Departments
Living the Word
Reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary, Cycle C
by Michaela Bruzzese
Poetry: Santa Barbara, California
by Demetria Martinez
Letters
| Life-and-Death Democracy | Step Away from the Cash Register | Bible vs. Buffy |
Reviews
Windows into War
The quiet outrage of James Nachtwey's photography.
by Ryan Beiler
Lost in the Woods
Book: Our Lady of the Forest by David Guterson.
Reviewed by Andrea Jeyaveeran
Star-Spangled Salvation
Book: Captain America and the Crusade Against Evil: The Dilemma of Zealous Nationalism by Robert Jewett and John Shelton Lawrence.
Reviewed by J.R. Burkholder
Necessary Words
Book: The Earth Moves at Midnight by Muray Bodo
Reviewed by Rose Marie Berger
New and Noteworthy
Book: How to Teach Peace to Children by Anne Meyer Byler
Audio: And Night Shall End by West Coast Mennonite Chamber Choir
Film: The Friendship Village directed by Michelle Mason
Book: The Saints' Guide to Happiness: Everyday Wisdom from the Lives of the Saints by Robert Ellsberg
Compiled by Molly Marsh
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