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Sojourners Magazine: August 2004

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Democracy in the Balance

How do we nurture the healing side of religion over the killing side? How do we protect the soul of democracy against bad theology in service of an imperial state?
Bill Moyers
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Web Exclusive! Full Transcript of Bill Moyers' Speech at Pentecost 2004

Bill Moyer's Keynote Address
Bill Moyers
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Feature

Singing to Freedom

Song leader and scholar Bernice Johnson Reagon on what music teaches us about democracy, leadership, and the meaning of 'we.'
Vincent G. Harding, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Rachel E. Harding
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Color Lines and Party Lines

Race and politics in 2004.
Danny Duncan Collum
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Ordinary Virtue

It's not that we have so little power, it's that we don't use the power we have.
Danusha Veronica Goska
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The New 'New South'

Latin American immigrants are changing the U.S. political landscape.
Jorge Mariscal
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Commentary

Reagan's Legacy

On mourning in America.
Jim Rice
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End-of-Life Ethics

What is 'artificial means' and what is nonnegotiable humane care?
Julie Polter
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Ethnic Cleansing in Sudan

What part of 'never again' do we not understand?
Elizabeth Palmberg
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Columns

The Theology of Torture

Fallible creatures are not to be trusted with empire.
Jim Wallis
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Squish. (Ugh.)

It's that special season again.
Ed Spivey Jr.
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Give Me Tortillas or Give Me Death

Revolutionary ideology is no match for rice and beans.
David Batstone
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Eucharist in an Election Year

What is hiding behind the flag of 'moral decency'?
Rose Marie Berger
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Culture Watch

In Iraq, the Truth is Out There

Throughout the first year of the Iraq war, Throughout
Danny Duncan Collum
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Ascents and Descents

Untitled Normal Page "Other people seemed to progress
Jo Ann Heydron
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The Modern Woman Priest

Joy Carroll Wallis was among the first women to be ordained to the priesthood in England, in 1994.
Joy Carroll Wallis
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New and Noteworthy

Four August 2004 culture recommendations from our editors
Molly Marsh
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Hymns to Hard Times

If you' If you've heard her radio single "Come to Jesu
J. James DeConto
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What I Learned from Sex and the City

Seeking a spirituality of the body.
Lilian Calles Barger
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Departments

Eye On Zion

The Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center in Jerusalem hosted more than 500 representatives f
Rose Marie Berger, Brian Bolton
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Finding a Third Way

Your article ( Your article ("No Place to Stand?") was
Bill Oehlkers
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Goldfinch

He died in a munitions explosion
Carol Hamilton
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No Butts About It

Who knew that the pentecostal " Who knew that the pent
Rose Marie Berger, Brian Bolton
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Start With Education

Untitled Normal Page "No Place to Stand?" was one of t
Georgia de Katona
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Mass Perception

Seeming is believing, Seeming is believing, according
Rose Marie Berger, Brian Bolton
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Words of Reassurance

I just read the article " I just read the article "No
Gerard Burford
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A Great Cloud of Witnesses

Six months after Ash Wednesday, Six months after Ash W
Michaela Bruzzese
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Stopping Traffic

More than 50 leaders from Christian organizations across Asia met in Kuala Lumpur,
Rose Marie Berger, Brian Bolton
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News Bites

Star Woes. Star Woes.
Rose Marie Berger, Brian Bolton
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Cure Worse than Cause?

Corrections Corporation of America, Corrections Corpor
Rose Marie Berger, Brian Bolton
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Expand the Debate

What an incredible article ( What an incredible articl
Steven White
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Inside Story

Our cover feature by veteran journalist Bill Moyers is an adaptation of the keynote speech he delivered to a standing-room-only crowd at Call to Renewal's Pentecost 2004 event.
The Editors
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