In This Issue
A return to the Dark Ages? Or a modern rebellion against secularism? Either way—as we've so painfully learned—we ignore this phenomenon at our grave peril.
Young Christians are pushing the edges of faith. Here's a glimpse into the hearts and dreams of a few of them, in their own words.
Rev. Billy may not be a reverend, but he's got some good news to tell.
Okay, so it's not such good news for everybody.
Christians around the world are being attacked and churches burned to the ground. Is anyone paying attention?
Columnists
Sounds like a great Old Testament saga, doesn't it?—the sin of Enron. Well,
this may be a more biblical tale than we think.
The once mighty energy trader has become everyone's favorite whipping boy.
Unjustly so, I say.
Comparing Hasidic and Christian spirituality, a rabbi once said, "There is no joy in Christianity." Recently when I asked a well-respected Christian theologian if I could interview him on
Since Sojourners is a bimonthly magazine, you depend on us to cover the breaking
news, with up-to-the-minute commentary on hot stories like Afghanistan which, by the time
you read this
Table of Contents
Cover Story
A return to the Dark Ages? Or a modern rebellion against secularism? Either way—as we've so painfully learned—we ignore this phenomenon at our grave peril.
Features
Young Christians are pushing the edges of faith. Here's a glimpse into the hearts and dreams of a few of them, in their own words.
Christians around the world are being attacked and churches burned to the ground. Is anyone paying attention?
Commentary
From his fifth-floor window in Mennonite Central Committee's D.C.
office, Daryl Byler can keep an eye on the Supreme Court while he takes calls from a press
that since Sept.
Columns
Sounds like a great Old Testament saga, doesn't it?—the sin of Enron. Well,
this may be a more biblical tale than we think.
The once mighty energy trader has become everyone's favorite whipping boy.
Unjustly so, I say.
Comparing Hasidic and Christian spirituality, a rabbi once said, "There is no joy in Christianity." Recently when I asked a well-respected Christian theologian if I could interview him on
Culture Watch
During the month of March, PBS affiliates will be airing a documentary called Welcome
to the Club—The Women of Rockabilly.
A few blocks away, a sidewalk mailbox is covered with a magic-marker
tribute to a young man downed in a shooting—"RIP Boo"; "We'll
miss you Boo." It gives me an angle on
My friends and I are young and hip. We buy local, ride bikes, vote for
Nader, and we do not despise conspiracy theory.
All Christianity has to give, and all it needs to give, is the myth of
the human Jesus.
Jewish-Christian "dialogue" is too often just that—an
intellectual, theological discussion with no grounding in shared experience.
Driving north on I-75 through the flat state of Ohio, I'm usually
scanning the horizon for those ticket-giving folks who, I'm told, like out-of-state
cars.
A frequent comment by political pundits after the Sept. 11 terrorist
attacks was that the United States lacks "good old-fashioned human intelligence"
against terrorism.
In light of the 9-11 wars, people worldwide are digging more deeply
into the study of applied nonviolence.
Departments
Of course it's not what I expected.
How do you prepare yourself
for resurrection?
Years ago when my mother was quite ill
Years ago when my mother was quite ill, a fr
Back in college, when you were asked to declare your major, "faith-based community
organizing" with a minor in "direct action" probably was not an option.
Soon, the Direct Action & Research T
At times we've discussed running articles on "pastoring in boom and bust"-about the different challenges that arise for pastors depending on how their congregations are being affected by economic t
