In This Issue
We never seem to learn: Power does corrupt. Does that mean Christians should stay out of politics?
An interview with Cal Thomas and Ed Dobson
Brazilian Catholic archbishop Helder Camara brought a "preferential option for the poor" to the center of Christian social thinking.
The war in Kosovo is over. The question now: How to build peace? Their neighbors in Bosnia might just have the beginnings of an answer.
Camp Rakovica, Sarajevo—There were 1,500 Kosovar refugees in this camp on the
dusty outskirts of Sarajevo. They had come by bus, car, and on foot.
Columnists
Okay baby, let’s say God really is God; he’s not
applying for the job, etc. etc.
Table of Contents
Cover Story
We never seem to learn: Power does corrupt. Does that mean Christians should stay out of politics?
Features
Brazilian Catholic archbishop Helder Camara brought a "preferential option for the poor" to the center of Christian social thinking.
The war in Kosovo is over. The question now: How to build peace? Their neighbors in Bosnia might just have the beginnings of an answer.
Camp Rakovica, Sarajevo—There were 1,500 Kosovar refugees in this camp on the
dusty outskirts of Sarajevo. They had come by bus, car, and on foot.
Pristina, Kosovo—At the Macedonia-Kosovo border, kids on the roadside are selling
Coke and fresh brown eggs.
As the rate of HIV-AIDS reaches record highs in Africa, the burden of foreign debt depletes scarce resources for prevention and care
Despite the pall that HIV-AIDS casts across Africa, a few bright spots offer some
relief.
When I was a girl of 7 or 8 years, I laid awake most nights
praying to have a friend.
Commentary
When the price paid to farmers for hogs crashed to Depression-era lows a year ago, it
was nothing less than cataclysmic for independent hog growers.
Will there still be public education for your children's children?
Columns
Okay baby, let’s say God really is God; he’s not
applying for the job, etc. etc.
Culture Watch
From hip hop to Howard Thurman, From the well-known to the obscure, we did the reading for you (really, it was our pleasure)
The 2000 presidential election promises to be the biggest fiasco since 1920, when
monied interests foisted Warren G. Harding off upon a distracted public.
Departments
Covenant House Faith Community, a Christian community committed to prayer, community,
and service, seeks full-time volunteers to work with homeless youth for a 13-month
c
In the barnyard of my bone
Let the animals kneel down—
Neither ecstasy nor anger,
Wrath nor mildness need hide longer,
On the branching veins together
Assistant editor Rose Marie Berger traveled to Bosnia and Kosovo in July as part of a pilgrimage led by Don McClanen, founder of an organization called Ministry of Money.
