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Cover Story

Can We Talk?
It's time for a new conversation on race in America.  by Andrea Ayvazian and Beverly Daniel Tatum

The Spirit Lives!
Pilgrims on the Mall.  by Vincent Harding

Challenge from Within
A call to address the black church leadership crisis.  by Eugene F. Rivers III

Transcendent Power
A black woman's perspective on the Million Man March.  by Prathia Hall-Wynn

Features

The Image of God's Goodness
How language reflects our understanding of God.  by Rosemary Radford Ruether

La Cultura Cura
Latinos' culture of healing draws on Christian and indigenous traditions.  by Aaron Gallegos

Commentary

Crossing the Racial Divide
by Jim Wallis

Of Amos and Newt
Budget cuts should make us weep--and rage.  by Ronald Sider

Medical Alert
The future of health care is on the chopping block.  by Julie Polter

Assassinating Peace?
The prospects for progress after Rabin.  by James Zogby

Dealing With Difference
When cultural diversity clashes with human rights.  by Kari J. Verhulst

Into Bosnia
Mixed motives and good fruit.  by Jim Rice

Columns

Hearts & Minds: God Hears the Cry of the Poor
by Jim Wallis

Signs & Wonders: All of Us Are Sinners
by Joyce Hollyday

Simple Feast: Using Your Noodle
by Carey Burkett

Close to Home: Two-Way Streets of Resentment
by Julienne Gage

Life in Community: The Choice of God's People
by Joe Nangle, OFM

H'rumphs: Celebrating Our 25th Year
by Ed Spivey Jr.

Culture Watch

ER's Missing Ingredient
by Danny Duncan Collum

The Mystery of the Resurrected Rabbi
Jesus provides the way of faith.  by David A. Wade
Book Review: Jesus and Faith: A Conversation on the Work of John Dominic Crossan by Jeffrey Carlson and Robert A. Ludwig. Jesus Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents the Historical Jesus by Michael Wilkins and J.P. Moreland. A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus: Roots of the Problem and the Person by John P. Meier. A marginal Jew (Vol. 2): Rethinking the Historical Jesus: Mentor, Message and Miracles by John P. Meier. Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: The Historical Jesus and the Heart of Contemporary Faith by Marcus J. Borg. The Real Jesus: The Misguided Quest for the Historical Jesus and the Truth of the Gospel Traditions by Luke Timothy Johnson. The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind by Mark A. Noll. Who Killed Jesus? Exposing the Roots of Anti-Semitism in the Gospel Story of the Death of Jesus. by John Dominic Crossan.

Giving Face and Voice
The perspective of a faithful photojournalist.  by Patrick Coy
Book Review: The Struggle Is One: Voices and Visions of Liberation by Mev Puelo.

An Antidote for Burnout
Following the paths of justice, love, and reverence.  by Chris Byrd
Book Review: Salted With Fire by Fred Kammer S.J..

To Relinquish One's Possessions
The call to a simpler life.  by Patricia Horn and Mark Preece
Book Review: Adventures in Simple Living: A Creation-Centered Spirituality by Rich Heffern. Downwardly Mobile for Conscience Sake: Ten Autobiographical Sketches: Each a Personal Search for Justice, Peace, and Eco-sanity by Anne Near. Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship With Money and Achieving Financial Independence by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin.

Soul Feast
Sweet Honey's sacred offering.  by Mary Preus
Music Review: Sacred Ground by Sweet Honey in the Rock.

Silence Within Us
The architecture of life in two foreign films.  by Rose Marie Berger
Film Review: The Postman by Michael Radfor. Silences of the Palace by Moufida Tlati.

This Must Be A Trap
Confession and forgiveness as a pure formality.  by David S. Cunningham
Film Review: A Pure Formality by Guiseppe Tornatore.

Lights in the Fog
Theodore Ward's Hope for a Better Racial Future  by Bob Hulteen
Theatre Review: Big White Fog by Theodore Ward.

Departments

Inside Story
by The Editors

Between the Lines
| Defending One's Homeland | Straining the Gap | The Recognition of Justice | Latino March on Washington |

Groundswell: Readers Before Profits
Calling corporations and unions to their true vocations in the Detroit newspaper strike.  by Bill Wylie-Kellermann

Call to Renewal: Woe to the Legislators
Call to Renewal Conference  by Duane Shank

Seeds: Resources for Study and Action
by Julienne Gage

Connections: Bringing People Together
by Brett Grainger

Living the Word: Ordinary Encounters
by Jim and Shelley Douglass

Poetry: Black Water: The Million Man Sea
by Otis Bakari Moss III

Letters
| Who Do We Change? | The Myth of Democracy | Stating the Faith | The Last Comes First | Corporate Responsibility | Cybertouch | A Tragic Reflection |