Culture Watch

Jane Austen's moral universe.
World music: The sound of the global village.
Al Gallmon 5-01-1996
The ground of urban ministry.
Susan Wootten 5-01-1996
Barbara Kingsolver swims at high tide.
Brenda Carr 5-01-1996
Gifted with the "jewels of one's own tradition."
Bob Hulteen 5-01-1996

Huey Long taught us that "all politics is personal."

If Pat Buchanan had not roared, grinning and sweaty, through the American political scene this year, someone would have invented him

Richard Vernon 5-01-1996
Rock, religion, and redemption.
Sketches of God from children in crisis.
Jim Forest 3-01-1996
The letters of Thomas Merton.
Carol LeMasters 3-01-1996
Salvation, snake handling, and subcultures
Rose Marie Berger 3-01-1996
The challenge of Dead Man Walking
Shane Helmer 3-01-1996
The surprises of spiritual homecoming.
Julienne Gage 3-01-1996
Sherman Elexie sings the Reservation Blues
Growing up female in modern America
Dinesh D'Souza and the end of rationality
Bob Hulteen 3-01-1996

For many in the Christian tradition, it's a common Lenten discipline to think about confession and complicity.

Richard Nixon got his 15 minutes of media redemption last year...from the grave.

John Dear on nonviolence and the nature of God.
Confession and forgiveness as a pure formality.