October
2011
Volume 55, Number 10

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Features

What a surprising survey says about how reading the Bible frequently can turn you liberal (in some ways).
Aaron B. Franzen

Each day in China, 35,000 baby girls are aborted and 500 women commit suicide. One freedom fighter won't take it any longer.
Interview by Timothy C. Morgan

Drilling for truth in the Central African Republic.
Jeremy Weber in Bangui, Central African Republic
Views

Even evangelicals who disagreed with Mark Hatfield admired his passionate faith.
A Christianity Today Editorial

An anthropologist, a writer, and a ministry leader consider Christian dating websites.
Jenell Williams Paris, Leslie Ludy, and Dennis Franck
Reviews
'Unnatural Selection' traces the world's missing girls back to powerful Western institutions.
Marian V. Liautaud
What are Americans learning from pop culture portrayals of polygamy?
Chuck Colson and Timothy George

Today's politically liberal evangelicals may not be as different as some imagine.
Matthew Lee Anderson
A non-Christian reporter profiles martyrs of the Middle Kingdom. A review of 'God Is Red.'
David Aikman
Brief reviews of 'The Pietist Impulse in Christianity,' 'John in the Company of Poets,' and 'What I Hate.'
John Wilson
The philosophy professor wants all Christians to go out and defend the faith in love.
Interview by Stan Guthrie
News

Operation Mobilization India transforms itself into a local witness.
Tim Stafford in Secunderabad, India

The church behind 'Facing the Giants,' 'Fireproof,' and 'Courageous' partners with an African American congregation to bring reconciliation to a Georgia town.
Mark Moring