An Ecumenical ‘Aggiornamento’?
A time of transformation for the World Council of Churches. By Rodney L. Petersen
Category: Autumn 2006
Theology of Fields
In memory, the landscapes we explored as children are the holiest places we knew. By Reginald Gibbons
Genesis Suite
Poetry by Kim Garcia
‘Mercy within Mercy within Mercy’
Pierre de Calan’s Cosmas, or the Love of God. By James Martin, SJ
Riding the Seesaw of Faith and Reason
Bill Moyers on Faith and Reason, a series of 12 interviews on PBS. By Will Joyner
Testifying across the Blogosphere
A religion journalist in the blogosphere. By John D. Spalding
Us vs. Them vs. Us
Ann Coulter’s Godless and Madeleine Albright’s The Mighty and the Almighty. By Ann D. Braude
Knowing and Unknowing
We should all regularly ponder what we don’t know, and not turn away from it. By Will Joyner
Living Lovingly amid Fear
In an age of constant danger, we must refuse to live in fear. By Margaret Miles
Cross Purposes
When it comes to salvation, there is an open, ongoing Christian discussion, full of passionate claims, intellectual experiments, and pointed debate. By Matthew M. Boulton
Private Belief, Public Scholarship
It’s time for American academics to speak openly about their own religious commitment. By Mark U. Edwards, Jr.
Green Religion Needs to Get Greener
A Greener Faith by Roger S. Gottleib. By David G. Hallman
God Needs No Passport
Do immigrants feel they belong to a new country, to a religious community that ties them to their homeland, to both? The boundaries are more difficult to define. By Peggy Levitt
Rehabilitation or Forced Conversion?
Are faith-based initiatives in American prisons rehabilitation or forced conversion? By Winnifred Fallers Sullivan
Befana: A Bedtime Story
Poetry by David Yezzi
Behind the Intellectual Lines
The political atmosphere in Iran is making it increasingly difficult for the country’s scholars to balance their piety and their academic work. An American visitors reports. By Ronald F. Thiemann
Conduct Unbecoming, and Much Worse
Harry S. Stout’s Upon the Altar of the Nation. By Iain MacLean
Darwin and God: Then and Now
For the naturalist himself, there were no simple answers, and he never pretended that there were. By John Hedley Brooke
