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Cover Story

Is It Still a Wonderful Life?
Building a new politics on the old values of generosity, compassion, and community.  by E.J. Dionne Jr.

Features

Without A Prayer
How the Democratic Party lost its faith in faith.  by Amy Sullivan

Sleepwalking in a Nuclear Minefield
The United States still worships at the altar of nuclear weapons - yet cries 'heresy' when others want to join the sect.  by Douglas Roche

PLUS: 'A Crime Against God and Humanity'
Religious leaders condemn nuclear weapons.  by Douglas Roche

Being There
"God's Smuggler" Brother Andrew has an odd way of breaking down barriers between Christians and Muslims. But somehow it works.  by Jim Rice

Commentary

'The Peace that God Gives'
Is there reason for hope in the Annapolis process?  by Stephen Sizer

Wounds of War
Loving our neighbors coming home from war.  by Paul Rieckhoff

'A New Pentecost'
Global Christian Forum breaks ages-old barriers.  by Wesley Granberg-Michaelson

Columns

Hearts & Minds: The Politics of Change
It's time to be in the business of building social movements, not just winning elections.  by Jim Wallis

The Hungry Spirit: All's Quiet on the God Front
"I have come to love the darkness."  by Rose Marie Berger

H'rumphs: God Bless C-SPAN
The voice of the people. Even the crazy ones.  by Ed Spivey Jr.

Culture Watch

Blocking the Big Mouths
The media reform movement comes of age.  by Danny Duncan Collum

Seeing is Believing
Documentary films put human faces on the Millennium Development Goals  by Donovan Jacobs
Film Review: Hunger No More: Faces Behind the Facts; Back to School; Granito de Arena; All Different, All Equal; Dishing Democracy; A-OK?; A Fistful of Rice; Rx for Survival; Dead Mums Don't Cry; At Highest Risk; Brazil: Winning Against AIDS; Malaria: Killer Number One; Darwin's Nightmare; Thirst; The Debt of Dictators; Damned by Debt Relief; The Millennium Goals: Dream or Reality?

Movers and Shakers
by Tony P. Hall
Book Review: Faith in the Halls of Power: How Evangelicals Joined the American Elite by D. Michael Lindsay.

Shattered Truths
by Lynn Schwebach
Review: Chasing Francis: A Pilgrim's Tale by Ian Morgan Cron.

Beloved Community
by Jason Byassee
Book Review: No Turning Back: My Summer with Daddy King by Gurdon Brewster.

Conversions
by C. McNair Wilson
Music Review: The Sea Change by Ken Medema.

New and Noteworthy

• Book: The Words of Jesus: A Gospel of the Sayings of Our Lord by Phyllis Tickle.
• Film: Dorothy Day: Don't Call Me a Saint by Claudia Larson.
• Film: Modern Parables: Living in the Kingdom of God
• Book: The New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier by Tony Jones.

Departments

Inside Story
by The Editors

Between the Lines
| Missing in Iraq | Stem Cells and Human Dignity | Where's Your Cross Made? | A Low-Carbon Diet |

Living the Word: Word on the Street
by Laurel A. Dykstra

Poetry: Prayer of the Iris
by Carol Tyx

Letters
| Primordial Holiness | Speaking Truth to Power | Engaging Hearts and Minds |