In This Issue
You wouldn't know it from media reports, but there's a hopeful movement being born in the Middle East—interfaith, rooted in nonviolence, and containing the seeds of a just peace. A visit to the Holy Land in turmoil.
On the front lines with Christian Peacemaker Teams
Rabbis for Human Rights
American Jews in Israel
Jewish Unity for a Just Peace
Columnists
My wife, Joy, my son, Luke, and I had dinner recently with our friend Michael Lerner
and his wife, Debora, in their Berkeley, California home.
Millionaire space tourist Dennis Tito's joy ride was sheer hubris; talk about placing yourself at the center of the universe!
We killed McVeigh to make it clear that he was not like us.
It's not a matter of who's wrong or right, unless Santa somehow gets involved.
Table of Contents
Cover Story
You wouldn't know it from media reports, but there's a hopeful movement being born in the Middle East—interfaith, rooted in nonviolence, and containing the seeds of a just peace. A visit to the Holy Land in turmoil.
Features
2001 marked the 150th anniversary of Sojourner Truth's famous "Arn't I A Woman?" speech. What does this preacher, agitator, theologian, and ex-slave have to say to us today?
Commentary
Columns
My wife, Joy, my son, Luke, and I had dinner recently with our friend Michael Lerner
and his wife, Debora, in their Berkeley, California home.
Millionaire space tourist Dennis Tito's joy ride was sheer hubris; talk about placing yourself at the center of the universe!
We killed McVeigh to make it clear that he was not like us.
It's not a matter of who's wrong or right, unless Santa somehow gets involved.
Culture Watch
Rock has done the most to break down social conventions and cultural norms. So where are the gay rock stars?
An author, biblical scholar, and itinerant teacher tells what sounds, sights, and words he's enjoying these days.
The first thing one notices about the handsome young man in the jacket
photo is his two full sleeves of tattoos.
How does one approach the task of writing about a continent as diverse
as Africa, filled with extremes of poverty and beauty, suffering and hope?
Bread and Roses, the latest from British director Ken Loach,
portrays with incredible precision the reality of the modern immigrant experience in
industrialized nations.
Jews and Christians is a great example of how magnificent
television can be. Based on the book
Departments
I keep track of the comings and goings of people.
My work is really very simple. I write down and retain
the information that others give me.
We are reminded that the commitment to the gospel is an absolute one. Reflections on the revised common lectionary, Cycle C.
Are we doomed to descend ever-deeper into rage on the road, revenge in the workplace, and ruin in the home?
This issue of Sojourners marks our 30th anniversary (yes, Sojourners is older than some of our staff-it's even older than some of the leftovers in our office refrigerator).
