In This Issue
How the Bible, a newspaper article, and simple biblical ethics put a Southern law professor at the cutting edge of a tax reform movement.
Bush's tax policy is aimed at drastically reducing government services and moving the tax burden to poorer wage-earners. The result: a case of "trickle-down injustice."
When global meets local, who wins?
A broad grassroots movement seeks land, equity, and dignity in Brazil.
Columnists
In the recently published collection of excerpts from William Sloane Coffin's
speeches and sermons - Credo - appears this gem: "When the rich take
from the poor, it's called an eco
Online dating brings out what's awry with romance and relationship.
'His grave is out past the cedar tree," says the woman in the abbey gift
shop. It is an icy Monday morning on the back roads of Kentucky's bluegrass country.
As we enter the heart of the political season and brace ourselves for the spectacle
of two grown men competing for the favor of a nation (personally, I prefer Peter
Jennings over Dan Rather), l
Table of Contents
Cover Story
How the Bible, a newspaper article, and simple biblical ethics put a Southern law professor at the cutting edge of a tax reform movement.
Features
Bush's tax policy is aimed at drastically reducing government services and moving the tax burden to poorer wage-earners. The result: a case of "trickle-down injustice."
Commentary
Columns
In the recently published collection of excerpts from William Sloane Coffin's
speeches and sermons - Credo - appears this gem: "When the rich take
from the poor, it's called an eco
'His grave is out past the cedar tree," says the woman in the abbey gift
shop. It is an icy Monday morning on the back roads of Kentucky's bluegrass country.
As we enter the heart of the political season and brace ourselves for the spectacle
of two grown men competing for the favor of a nation (personally, I prefer Peter
Jennings over Dan Rather), l
Culture Watch
If we get the heroes we deserve, then Pete Rose may just be the man for America
today.
The distinctive sound of Ladysmith Black Mambazo is one of the finest expressions
of African music.
I came to the capital for a one-year internship, like so many Washingtonians,
believing I'd get my fill of city life and move on to greener pastures, literally.
Departments
And shall I rise up
like a loaf of bread
from being so dead?
Should I walk
towards the light,
or is it a trick (consider
"Only in our doing can we grasp you, only with our hands can we illumine you....
Our interns keep us going at Sojourners. This is not just idle praise; it is
gospel truth.
