Magazine
Sojourners Magazine: July-August 2001
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Cover Story
Is technology the tool of the devil? The primrose path to a better life? Or something in between?
Feature
A remarkable program for black and Jewish teen-agers goes a long way toward busting stereotypes and fostering reconciliation.
Commemorating the life of Christian activist, magazine editor, and longtime friend of Sojourners John Alexander.
George W. and Laura Bush's new Crawford, Texas home boasts a stunning array of eco-friendly features...
Voices from the Colombian church's human rights community.
Commentary
Genetic testing and treatment could affect every symptom we experience.
Columns
Why shouldn't kids be allowed to have their fun, for gosh sakes?
'Columbine' used to refer to a mountain wildflower. Now it conjures up a national tragedy of teens killing teens.
Culture Watch
The Veterans of Hope video series profiles nonviolence activists from around the world.
It's easy to defend the death penalty in the abstract, but much more difficult when you have to participate in death.
Jesus on the cross is best viewed as what that event concretely was, an
imperial execution," says Mark Lewis Taylor in The Executed God.
Author of such novels as Atticus and Mariette in Ecstasy, Ron Hansen believes in the power of stories and in the role that they can play in an examination of a faith-filled life.
On Spirit of the Century, the Blind Boys bring their strong and gritty harmonies to traditional gospel tunes as well as rock and roll.
One of the most urgent issues for faith communities during the 1980s
was the contra war in Nicaragua.
DiFranco wrestles openly with her choice 'to invite someone into her melodrama.'
Departments
Elizabeth Iguago came to the United States from Ecuador to work for an
IMF official.
When humanitarian intervention sends in the troops, it’s not usually a laughing
matter.
Israeli Rabbi Arik Ascherman of Rabbis for Human Rights, who was arrested this spring for blocking a bulldozer that was in the act of demolishing a Palestinian home in the West Bank.
Protesters anywhere have a legitimate case to make, as long as it’s not made with
violence.
Cross Talk. As part of a cultural exchange initiated by the Mennonite Central Committee, Evelyn and Wallace Schellenberger are moving to Qom, Iran. To prepare they met with Dr.
When a U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency survey found that one out of every 10 people in
Baltimore is a drug addict, Methodist pastor Tim Warner decided enough was enough.
'There is no better legacy we can leave than an effective nonviolent peace force.'
A recent survey of political involvement by black churches, conducted by Morehouse College’s "Public Influences of African-American Churches Project"...
"Curse Free TV" is a new invention that automatically filters out profanity
and other offensive language in television programming.
Sojourners board meetings are important to those of us on staff for a number of reasons.
The Un-Chained Gang Motorcycle Ministry is a nondenominational outreach program of born-again outlaw bikers in Bloomington, Indiana. Members take a vow of nonviolence for the sake of Jesus.