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Eugene Martin 11-01-2001

Jim Wallis compares the Israeli settlement policy in the West Bank and Gaza to the practice of apartheid in South Africa.

Michael Fanning 11-01-2001

Having lived in Israel for a number of years studying for my Ph.D., Jim Wallis' characterization of the conflict was full of presuppositions and biases.

Barbara Holt 11-01-2001

Thank you for discussing "the other side" of the Israeli-Palestinian crisis in the latest Sojourners magazine.

Eric J. Opicka 11-01-2001

Your magazine seems to be taking a direction that will alienate many Christians and de-legitimize being considered a Christian magazine.

Teresa Blythe 11-01-2001

Ryan Beiler's review of the Christian publishing community's fascination with The Simpsons was excellent.

James A. Corbett, 1933-2001
James S. Burton 11-01-2001

I have just finished reading Rose Marie Berger's excellent article, A Devout Meditation in Memory of Timothy McVeigh.

The Editors 11-01-2001

Like the rest of America, we were dazed and shattered by the events of Tuesday morning, Sept. 11.

While the U.S. government condemns the weapons programs of impoverished nations such as Iraq and North Korea, it remains a world leader in the production and sale of small arms...

Tim Gray 9-01-2001

IN JIM WALLIS' column on poverty not being a Left-Right issue, he is saying things that most of us progressives have been saying all along.

Richard Vernon 9-01-2001

AIN'T NO SUCH baby as the Scottish Royal Navy ("Great Scot!" Between the Lines, May-June 2001), there's just the Royal Navy.

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At the Faithdome in South Central Los Angeles in May, one of the most dynamic religious movements in the world was out in full force...

One of America's greatest strengths is our diversity of faith traditions. New research suggests we're getting stronger every day.

Two-Edged. In a national effort to disarm all fighting units in Sierra Leone, the U.N. destroyed nearly 10,000 firearms in a month-long amnesty period.

 

St. Paul-Reformation Lutheran Church turned the tables on hate-monger Fred Phelps in May when Phelps brought 10 of his followers to protest the ordination of Anita Hill, a lesbian pastor.

This spring 14 undocumented Mexican immigrants died from prolonged exposure to extreme heat in the Arizona desert.

The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada has decided that breaking the law can be a Christian duty.

Truth commissions have brought to light atrocities in South Africa, El Salvador, and elsewhere across the globe. But some feel such hearings are needed closer to home.

JIM WALLIS, YOU ARE a prophet, a Christian activist, and an advocate for justice. And besides, you are my hero.