Volume 44, Number 1

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Social scientists like Robert Enright are discovering the healing power of a Christian virtue.
By Gary Thomas
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Evangelicals make a thin showing as the world's religions gather to make common cause.
By James A. Beverley in Cape Town

A murdered missionary's widow carries on her husband's work.
By Anto Ankara in New Delhi, Ecumenical News International

What the Lutheran-Catholic Justification Declaration really accomplished—and what it did not.
by Douglas A. Sweeney

In a land of volcanoes, persistent missionary efforts finally yield fruit.
By John W. Kennedy in Riobamba

Author Wendy Shalit rattles the female establishment with a hip appeal to tradition.
A conversation between Lauren F. Winner and Wendy Shalit

The controversy over mandatory student fees heads to the Supreme Court.
By Gordon Govier in Madison, Wisconsin

Many churches observe the Eucharist a few times a year, but the early churches seemed to observe it weekly—possibly daily. What is most appropriate?—Wendell J. Biermann, Fayetteville, New York
Craig S. Keener

Charles Colson's apologetic—and call to action—is in the tradition of Francis Schaeffer.
reviewed by Harold O. J. Brown