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The Editors 9-01-2006

What makes a Christian college Christian? Fear of the Lord. Prudence. Righteousness. Justice.

James Ferguson 9-01-2006

In May, the Institute on Women and Criminal Justice released a report on the growth of the number of women in prison in the U.S.

James Ferguson 9-01-2006

The family-run Holy Land Imports, LLC, offers unique headgear for the dedicated Christian: a lovingly handmade Crown of Thorns just like Jesus wore.

Rose Marie Berger 8-01-2006

Damu Smith, 54, founder of Black Voices for Peace and executive director of the National Black Environmental Justice Network, died of colon cancer on May 6, 2006, in Washington, D.C.

Robert Roth 8-01-2006

It is natural for people of faith to ally with secular organizations and approaches. We may even see the spirit of God in movements that bring life and hope.

Rose Marie Berger 8-01-2006

  • Gold Medal. Palestinian Christian Naim Ateek, founder of the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center in Jerusalem, received an award from the Peace Fellowship of
Rose Marie Berger 8-01-2006

The Episcopal Diocese of Washington, D.C., released a report in May that revealed how a small group of wealthy funders are influencing the denomination’s debates on homosexuality in the churc

Rose Marie Berger 8-01-2006

After a two-year process, the Greensboro (North Carolina) Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the first of its kind in the United States, delivered its final report in May on the events surroundin

Since 2004, a diverse group of religious leaders, reproductive rights advocates, and medical professionals have met to talk about sex.

James Ferguson 8-01-2006

More than 270,000 evacuees ended up in shelters after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

James Ferguson 8-01-2006

Bring the Biblical Garden by DuneCraft into your home and have weeding chores just like Jesus!

Christi Kramer 8-01-2006
At the feet of the mothers.
Eric Hanson 8-01-2006

I was happy to read your article in the May issue about food and the ethics of wise consumption (“Shopping for Justice,” by Bethany Spicher Schonberg).

Lucy Fuchs 8-01-2006

As a Catholic voter, I avidly read the articles about the Catholic vote (“Who Owns the ‘Catholic Vote’?” by Maurice Timothy Reidy, and “A Thorn in Both Their Sides,&rd

John Hilpert 8-01-2006

Wow! Sojourners has an excellent and major article on healing, arguably the focus of Jesus’ ministry (“The Stumbling Block of Healing,” by Dee Dee Risher, June 2006).

The Editors 8-01-2006

This summer's tango between the Bush administration and Iran over the Iranian nuclear program provided an object lesson in how not to do diplomacy.

Amanda Rogers 7-01-2006

Your letter through the slot
slid to the floor and lay quite still
all day, until returning home from work
I seized and tore it open.

James Ferguson 7-01-2006

The federal minimum wage was last raised in 1997 to its current level of $5.15 an hour. There are now 20 states that have raised the minimum wage above the federal level.

Rose Marie Berger 7-01-2006

In an arid valley of northwestern Afghanistan, diets used to consist of little more than tea and bread, and women remained in the home.