In This Issue
A conversation on welfare reform.
Blocking the Prayers of the Church
The Haymarket Square rebellion of 1886 was a watershed
moment in the history of U.S. radicalism.
A Pastor's Dilemma.
Columnists
From welfare reform to overcoming poverty. A strategy for action.
If I had to choose one word to describe my friend Buddy
Gray, it would be relentless. He was an advocate on behalf of
homeless people in Cincinnati.
I live encircled by an eruv—though for weeks
it was invisible to my eyes. I would not have known what I
was seeing, had I noticed it.
The many communities that Father Jim Healy served during
35 years as a Catholic priest came together recently at his
memorial service.
Yesterday I learned that a friend will be moving far away.
And my thoughts have turned to planning a good-bye party,
i.e.
Table of Contents
Cover Story
Features
The Haymarket Square rebellion of 1886 was a watershed
moment in the history of U.S. radicalism.
Commentary
Something new, real, and potentially very important is
happening among several groups of white evangelicals.
Columns
From welfare reform to overcoming poverty. A strategy for action.
If I had to choose one word to describe my friend Buddy
Gray, it would be relentless. He was an advocate on behalf of
homeless people in Cincinnati.
I live encircled by an eruv—though for weeks
it was invisible to my eyes. I would not have known what I
was seeing, had I noticed it.
The many communities that Father Jim Healy served during
35 years as a Catholic priest came together recently at his
memorial service.
Yesterday I learned that a friend will be moving far away.
And my thoughts have turned to planning a good-bye party,
i.e.
Culture Watch
Not many meaningful public rituals in America remain.
(Those that do are usually connected to sports.) But when
Bill Clinton was inaugurated for a second term the nation
took not
Well known and respected folk singer U. Utah Phillips
announced his retirement well over a year ago in a letter to
friends.
Working on the new Sojourners environmental resource, Holy
Ground, I have examined a large body of works on
environmental theology.
Departments
From below,
it looks like a young woman,
hair pulled over to the side
like the tail of a horse
swishing over her shoulder
Building relationship between people of faith and the workers' rights movement.
Reflections on the revised common lectionary, cycle B.
Following President Clinton's signing of the federal "welfare reform" legislation last August, three top administration officials resigned in protest.
