In This Issue
The institutional church, on the other hand, is in serious trouble. Here's why.
Will the pedophilia scandal affect the role of women in the church?
Male celibacy isn't the problem here. But for the Catholic Church to achieve a healthy system, things have to change.
What God and the genius of capitalism have in common. A Bible study on the book of Job. And more.
How will the global community develop sustainable social structures for an aging population?
Columnists
Having a 3-and-a-half-year-old son has made the horrific revelations about the sexual
abuse of children by Catholic priests even more abhorrent.
Have you ever noticed how much of our political language relies on binary logic?
"Binary what?" you say—think the North and South Pole.
Some readers have complained that this column has become too personal, too focused on
my being a great father, an award-winning art director, and a god-like figure to the rest
of the staff.
Table of Contents
Cover Story
The institutional church, on the other hand, is in serious trouble. Here's why.
Male celibacy isn't the problem here. But for the Catholic Church to achieve a healthy system, things have to change.
Features
What God and the genius of capitalism have in common. A Bible study on the book of Job. And more.
How will the global community develop sustainable social structures for an aging population?
Commentary
Columns
Having a 3-and-a-half-year-old son has made the horrific revelations about the sexual
abuse of children by Catholic priests even more abhorrent.
Have you ever noticed how much of our political language relies on binary logic?
"Binary what?" you say—think the North and South Pole.
Some readers have complained that this column has become too personal, too focused on
my being a great father, an award-winning art director, and a god-like figure to the rest
of the staff.
Culture Watch
Fox-TV's The X-Files has ended nine years in which a duo of
FBI agents investigated unexplained phenomena—killer bees, government conspiracies,
freaks-of-the-week,
Novels can lead us to a deeper and more experiential knowledge of our
faith, says author David Cunningham in Reading is Believing: The Christian Faith
through Literat
There are basically three kinds of power: domination, collaboration,
and satyagraha (truth force).
‘Never doubt that a small group of committed citizens can change
the world," Margaret Mead once said.
Books to talk about over the barbeque grill or to take with you to the backyard hammock:
When Sojourners' CultureWatch editor asked me to write
about my "favorite things," I gave a quick "Sure!" It's not often
that I get to talk about McDonalds' new "Tangy
Departments
The summer God was nine years old
Heaven's swamp cooler broke for good.
His Mama was stout yet managed to scale
the side of their trailer, parked off a path
‘Every once in a while, a truly brilliant idea comes along: the wheel,
Einstein's Theory of Relativity, Cannoli...you get the idea." So say Tom and Ray
of NPR's "Car Talk" radio program
We are an ecumenical publication (with nearly as many denominational and nondenominational affiliations floating around as we have staff people).
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