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
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A murdered missionary's widow carries on her husband's work.
By Anto Ankara in New Delhi, Ecumenical News International
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What the Lutheran-Catholic Justification Declaration really accomplished—and what it did not.
by Douglas A. Sweeney
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In a land of volcanoes, persistent missionary efforts finally yield fruit.
By John W. Kennedy in Riobamba
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Author Wendy Shalit rattles the female establishment with a hip appeal to tradition.
A conversation between Lauren F. Winner and Wendy Shalit
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The controversy over mandatory student fees heads to the Supreme Court.
By Gordon Govier in Madison, Wisconsin
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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
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Charles Colson's apologetic—and call to action—is in the tradition of Francis Schaeffer.
reviewed by Harold O. J. Brown