In This Issue
Politicians have given the president a military blank check. The church, however, cannot write a moral blank check.
For 20 years I have worked as a mediator in violent situations?from Northern Ireland to Somalia, from Colombia to Nicaragua, from the Basque country and Tajikistan to the Philippine
War was so much easier before the world's borders began to seep like a sieve.
The bin Laden organization and other terrorist networks are obviously fired by an intense hatred of the United States.
The United States will never be the same again; these are watershed days of irreversible change. Surely the events of Sept.
Columnists
This edition of Sojourners went to press just as the U.S.
military strikes in Afghanistan began, which makes this special issue even more critical.
Regular responses
This is to all who serve on the human front, wearing any mask that will get you home. A word: While we are all dying to get out, there is one who died to get in.
This has been a year of major milestones for our family, not the least
of which was the realization that I might finally be allowed to use our bathroom.
Table of Contents
Cover Story
Politicians have given the president a military blank check. The church, however, cannot write a moral blank check.
For 20 years I have worked as a mediator in violent situations?from Northern Ireland to Somalia, from Colombia to Nicaragua, from the Basque country and Tajikistan to the Philippine
War was so much easier before the world's borders began to seep like a sieve.
The bin Laden organization and other terrorist networks are obviously fired by an intense hatred of the United States.
The United States will never be the same again; these are watershed days of irreversible change. Surely the events of Sept.
Many of us feel a deep desire for revenge and violent retribution. We
know how natural that is. We want to strike back at the perpetrators.
Our broken hearts are indeed the proper place to begin theological reflection. Wounded hearts, the tears of suffering and death, however, can lead divergent ways.
A few weeks ago, the Jewish community celebrated the harvest festival
by building "sukkot." What is a "sukkah"?
When the Visigoths sacked Rome, the Eternal City, in 410 C.E., the attackers used the
city's own mighty transportation system-the Appian Way-as the weapon of its
downfall.
Features
Friends of Sojourners embraced, sang, laughed, and prayed for four days last
July in celebration of our first 30 years.
While Britain's church attendance plummets, the remaining core is engaged in a nationwide tapestry of social altruism. And now the government's getting involved.
Commentary
Columns
This edition of Sojourners went to press just as the U.S.
military strikes in Afghanistan began, which makes this special issue even more critical.
Regular responses
This is to all who serve on the human front, wearing any mask that will get you home. A word: While we are all dying to get out, there is one who died to get in.
Culture Watch
‘‘The [Harry Potter computer] game will feature a series of
challenges, all inspired by the original book's storyline.
Besides watching baseball (especially Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle
Mariners), here are a few other favorites of poet and writer E. Ethelbert Miller:
Although a "show about nothing" may seem to offer us little
to ponder theologically, we need only look at the Jewish tradition of seeking wisdom to
see connections to Seinfel
It is the late 1970s in El Salvador, when peasants read the Bible and
discover that they are God's hands, feet, and voice; if El Salvador is to be a
savior, for which it is name
Birminghamians live with their history more than most Americans, and
Birmingham's story is linked to the nation's history more than most cities.
For more than 20 years, Elie Wiesel has been America's official
bearer of memory, keeper of accounts, and arbiter of propriety regarding the Holocaust.
Christopher Hitchens, in this illuminating assessment of Henry
Kissinger's war crimes, reports on a filmed 1998 interview with Michael Korda, senior
editor of Simon and Schuster
Departments
The sky is gorged with snow. Our small room smells of forest, perfumed by anger and arms waving like bird wings. A tree rises from the floor, roots going
A year of voluntary service has become a rite of passage for
thousands of socially conscious young Christians.
Like the rest of America, we were dazed and shattered by the events of Tuesday morning, Sept. 11.
