In This Issue
Sex abuse scandal, priest shortages, celibacy, ordaining women: The issues roiling the Catholic Church offer challenges - and hope? - for the future.
The timeless and timely vision of William Stringfellow
With fierce faith, Julia Bonds works to save the land and people of West Virginia.
Challenges to the church in the global South.
The vatican's management problem.
Columnists
If the war in Iraq is the 'practical' expression of George Bush's theology of liberty and freedom, the world is in serious trouble.
Fortunately, social structures are well established. If you're cool.
Table of Contents
Cover Story
Sex abuse scandal, priest shortages, celibacy, ordaining women: The issues roiling the Catholic Church offer challenges - and hope? - for the future.
Features
With fierce faith, Julia Bonds works to save the land and people of West Virginia.
Commentary
The Micah Challenge calls evangelicals to get serious about bringing good news to the poor.
Columns
If the war in Iraq is the 'practical' expression of George Bush's theology of liberty and freedom, the world is in serious trouble.
Culture Watch
Departments
The earth is eating all the little birds.
It feasts, grows fat. Their eyes are stones, black jewels
we rattle in our pockets. Mouths are blurred
The resurrection makes hope a permanent and immovable feature of the new creature in which we now dwell.
West Virginia activist Julia Bonds has been interviewed many times, especially after winning the 2003 Goldman Environmental Prize.
