In This Issue
Pop imperialism moves to a global beat
The U.S. Holocaust memorial Museum calls visitors to become witnesses.
An interview with children's artist, philosopher, and tap-dancer Tomie dePaola
Columnists
A full moon. A plunge intemperature. Transylvania County, North Carolina. Conditions were just right for Halloween....
MY 1994 NEW YEAR'S resolution - to break loose from serious menu ruts by
planning further ahead - has already led to more time at a
favorite activity: paging through cookbooks.
The widespread popular discontent that so defined the 1992
election campaign continued unabated into the first year of the
new president's term. It would not have mattered who won.
Table of Contents
Features
An interview with children's artist, philosopher, and tap-dancer Tomie dePaola
Commentary
I have to admit, it's nice to wake up in the morning without half expecting
the White House to launch another intervention in a Third World country or
proudly announce another cut in a domest
The recent launching of MTV's Latin American network, MTV Latino, marks a new
era in communications characterized by the concentration of control over the world's
media outlets into the hands
After carefully reading the pope's latest encyclical, venerable German theologian Bernard Haring said he "looked forward hopefully to leaving the church on Earth for the church in heaven."
Earlier this year I was present at a series of U.N.-sponsored national
reconciliation conferences addressing the Somali conflict.
Still reeling from the U.S.-backed contra war, Nicaragua's road to recovery is a rocky one.
Columns
A full moon. A plunge intemperature. Transylvania County, North Carolina. Conditions were just right for Halloween....
MY 1994 NEW YEAR'S resolution - to break loose from serious menu ruts by
planning further ahead - has already led to more time at a
favorite activity: paging through cookbooks.
The widespread popular discontent that so defined the 1992
election campaign continued unabated into the first year of the
new president's term. It would not have mattered who won.
Culture Watch
As this is written, The Great Depression - produced by Henry Hampton's
Blackside Inc., the team behind the epochal Eyes on the Prize series - has just
started its four-week run
Warrior Marks, the recently released Alice Walker-Pratibha Parmar collaboration, continues the exploration of female genital mutilation begun in Walker's Possessing the Secret of Jo
Battles over culture
will, for the near future, become increasingly central to political debate in
this country.
Departments
ONE OF THE IMPORTANT things to remember in any inclusive language discussion regarding God is that it's not
only a theological issue, but a language - a human tool - issue ("Why
God is Not (J
SOJOURNERS GIVES two
examples of "radically different" interpretations of the
Constitution ("A Matter of Justice," by Julie Polter, November 1993).
AS A UNITED METHODIST, I was excited to see the excerpts of a pastoral letter
from the United Methodist bishops of Appalachia (June 1993).
I AM ENCOURAGED by your effort to look at the world in a different way. You
express in your words and action a desire to be guided by the Spirit.
I FIND SOJOURNERS a nuisance to read. I'm retired now, but I made my
living in the publishing field for many years.
Members of "Simple Living" start their activism at home.
Money Matters
How do Christians respond to consumerism, the global economy, housing issues,
and food crises?
