In This Issue
Jim Wallis interviews Richard Viguerie, a law-and-order conservative, on the death penalty and prison reform.
Theological considerations should frame the Christian response to capital punishment.
A small congregation in Kentucky demonstrates how your church may have more money—and power—than you think.
Building community and clout through congregation-based organizing.
Betsy Shirley talks to author Francisco X. Stork about helping young adults ask the hard questions.
Columnists
Attitudes toward capital punishment are changing, including among conservatives.
May God cause us to cry out to those mountains of injustice, "Oh freedom!"
Superstorm Sandy left behind an indelible image of the future.
Before the election, several bishops went so far as to threaten their parishioners with eternal damnation if they voted for Obama.
The Walmart workforce has begun to publicly rattle its chains.
Table of Contents
Cover Story
Jim Wallis interviews Richard Viguerie, a law-and-order conservative, on the death penalty and prison reform.
Extended Format: PHOTO ESSAY: 'Pro-Life' Redefined
Features
Theological considerations should frame the Christian response to capital punishment.
A small congregation in Kentucky demonstrates how your church may have more money—and power—than you think.
Extended Format: Faith Groups Take On Payday Lenders
The new Louisville Loan Club is a way to protect people from the shark pool of payday lenders.
Commentary
Big Money's corrupting influence on the elections is way out of hand. Here's how to fix it.
We should honor slain diplomats by keeping the flame of diplomacy alive.
The U.S. should repent of seeing guns as sacred; sane laws would be a start.
Extended Format: MAP: Deadly Rampages
Columns
Attitudes toward capital punishment are changing, including among conservatives.
May God cause us to cry out to those mountains of injustice, "Oh freedom!"
Superstorm Sandy left behind an indelible image of the future.
Before the election, several bishops went so far as to threaten their parishioners with eternal damnation if they voted for Obama.
What's next, frogs and locusts?
Video: VIDEO: Editor vs. Stink Bugs
Culture Watch
Betsy Shirley talks to author Francisco X. Stork about helping young adults ask the hard questions.
I Told My Soul to Sing: Finding God with Emily Dickinson by Kristin LeMay / Grace and Mercy by Jonathan Butler / Gather at the Table: The Healing Journey of a Daughter of Slavery and a Son of the Slave Trade by Sharon Leslie Morgan and Thomas Norman DeWolf / We Are Not Ghosts by Mark Dworkin and Melissa Young
The Walmart workforce has begun to publicly rattle its chains.
Extended Format: Sacred Space: A Black Friday Reflection
Three of the best films of the year: Samsara, Looper, and Seven Psychopaths.
Adapted from "Women as Compassionate Champions: The Doers and the Leaders," by Nyambura J. Njorage, in Women, HIV, and the Church: In Search of Refuge.
The Catonsville Nine: A Story of Faith and Resistance in the Vietnam Era. Oxford University Press
