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A Church At The Crossroads
Sex abuse scandal, priest shortages, celibacy, ordaining women: The issues roiling the Catholic Church offer challenges - and hope - for the future.
by Heidi Schlumpf
From El Salvador to South Africa
Challenges to the church in the global South.
by Marie Dennis
Beyond 'Certitudes and Order'
The vatican's management problem.
by Richard Rohr, OFM
Features
An Ethic of Resurrection
The timeless and timely vision of William Stringfellow
by Bill Wylie-Kellerman
Mountain Defender
With fierce faith, Julia Bonds works to save the land and people of West Virginia.
by Beth Newberry
Border Calling
Anunciation House reaches out to the undocumented with faith and hospitality.
by James Reel
Editorials
Privatizing Social Security
If a lie is repeated often enough, it becomes accepted wisdom.
by Harry C. Kiely
Beyond Made-for-TV Aid
Dim visions of a redeemed military
by Ryan Beiler
What's right with this picture?
The Micah Challenge calls evangelicals to get serious about bringing good news to the poor.
by Elizabeth Palmberg
Between the Lines
| Feed Your Kids! | Como se Llamas? | Catholic Sisters Implement Living Wage | Acting Out About Spilt Milk | My Burden Is Light | Who's There? Selective Service | News Bites |
Columns
Hearts & Minds: The Bush Doctrine
If the war in Iraq is the 'practical' expression of George Bush's theology of liberty and freedom, the world is in serious trouble.
by Jim Wallis
Eyes & Ears: I Yam What I Yam
I Yam What I Yam.
by Danny Duncan Collum
H'rumphs: Advice to a Young Man
Fortunately, social structures are well established. If you're cool.
by Ed Spivey, Jr.
Departments
Letters
| Speaking Truth To Power | Public vs. Private Schools? | The Toll of Poverty and War | Darfur |
Poetry: Darfur
by Louise Murphy
Living the Word: Relentless Love
The resurrection makes hope a permanent and immovable feature of the new creature in which we now dwell.
by Paula Gooder
Reviews
Fallen Creatures in a Fallen World
The films of John Cassavetes.
by Darren Hughes
A Handbook for Despair
Book: Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott
Reviewed by Molly Marsh
A Preacher's Last Rites
Book: Gilead by Marilyn Robinson
Reviewed by Jesse Holcomb
Disarming Words
Music: How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb by U2
Reviewed by Kimberly Barge
New and Noteworthy
Television: Let the Church Say Amen. Airs March 29th, 2005 on PBS
Film: Hiding and Seeking by Menachem Daum
Film: Veterans of Hope Project: Interviews with Dolores Huerta, Anne Braden, and Charles Long by Iliff School of Theology
Book: Rise Up With a Listening Heart by the Orthodox Monks of New Skete Monastery
Reviewed by Molly Marsh
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