When two more African nations ratify the Pelindaba anti-nuclear weapons treaty, the globe’s Southern hemisphere will become a nuclear weapons-free zone.
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Christian Churches Together (CCT), a three-year-old ecumenical group representing more than 100 million U.S.
"The Coalition Provisional Authority [in Iraq] failed to keep detailed accounts of how most of the Iraqi money was spent,” according to an audit report released in February by the Office of S
The Religious Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice, and Healing published a report in January that found U.S. seminaries and rabbinical schools were sorely lacking in sexuality training.
How the earth now
struggles into spring.
How the cold hangs on,
each morning cracking to begin.
The memos to President Obama in the January issue are interesting for what they omit as well as for what they include.
During some moments of pre-Christmas calm, I had a chance to read the memos to President Obama (“Dear President Obama,” January 2009).
[Regarding “A New Faith Coalition,” by Jim Wallis, January 2009]: Those who characterize abortion as “single-issue politics” often use the goal to “reduce the number o
After reading (for the second time) the “Dear President Obama” letters, I was disappointed that no one mentioned the need to reduce the huge U.S. military budget.
In the wake of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, tens of millions of Americans have suffered substantial financial losses, with many losing their savings, homes, and jobs.
Thanks for Jim Wallis’ thoughts in “A Pastoral Strategy for Hard Times” (December 2008). Our church is gearing up to assist more folks in our church and local community.
Like many U.S. municipalities, Alexandria, Virginia, is facing financial cuts. But in an unusual move, city officials hired ethicist Michael A.
Eugenia Bonetti, a Catholic sister in Rome, is tackling a tough social evil: human trafficking.
In October, the families of crime victims and the families of perpetrators came together for a common cause: Abolish the death penalty in Montana.