Culture Watch

Molly Marsh 4-01-2004

Paul Farmer is a humble force of nature, if that's possible.

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.

Bruce Cockburn 4-01-2004

Sojourners: I would like to hear generally about your trip to Iraq, but specifically, I'm really interested in your experiences as a musician and a songwriter there. How did it come about that you were a part of this delegation anyway?

The Editors 4-01-2004

Four April 2004 culture recommendations from our editors

Bruce Cockburn 4-01-2004
Musician Bruce Cockburn describes the real and the surreal in Baghdad.

If we get the heroes we deserve, then Pete Rose may just be the man for America today.

Nontando Hadebe 4-01-2004

The distinctive sound of Ladysmith Black Mambazo is one of the finest expressions of African music.

The best reading on Christianity and the environment.
Mark Lombardi tried to visualize the spirit of his age.
Andrea Jeyaveeran 2-01-2004
Our Lady of the Forest, by David Guterson.
J.R. Burkholder 2-01-2004
Captain America and the Crusade Against Evil: The Dilemma of Zealous Nationalism, by Robert Jewett and John Shelton Lawrence.

Sam Phillips spread the blues, broke racial barriers - and left a mixed legacy.

Rose Marie Berger 2-01-2004

The Earth Moves at Midnight, by Muray Bodo

The quiet outrage of James Nachtwey's photography.

The Editors 2-01-2004

Four February 2004 culture recommendations from our editors

Duane Shank 1-01-2004
The Cost of Moral Leadership: The Spirituality of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, by Geffrey B. Kelly and F. Burton Nelson.
1-01-2004
Soul Journey, by Gillian Welch.
Kimberly Burge 1-01-2004

One last time, the Man in Black brings his music, and love, to the Carter Family Fold.

The Editors 1-01-2004

Sing for Justice

The beer-commercial sensibility of deliberate, cultivated empty-headedness is pervasive.