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Cover Story

Boys To Men
Rediscovering rites of passage for our time  by Richard Rohr, OFM

A Process of Transformation
A sample North American initiation pattern  by Richard Rohr, OFM

The Essential Spirit
Healing rites for youth at risk.  by Jory Farr

Features

God Speed the Year of Jubilee!
The biblical vision of Sabbath economics.  by Ched Myers

For a Dignified Life
The worldwide movement for debt relief is rooted in Jubilee.  by Marie Dennis

Global Debt's Local Toll
An interactive CD-ROM brings home the effects of the debt crisis.  by Mara Louise Vanderslice

The Children Shall Lead
David Halberstam credits the youth in the civil rights movement.  by Will Campbell

Commentary

United Against War
by Jim Wallis

Smoke, Mirrors, and Campaign Reform
Real change may come through the courts.  by Sharon Basco

A Moral Mission
Muslims and the way of peace.  by Karim Douglas Crow

Cashing in on Crisis
Who profits from the Asia bailouts?  by Carol Welch

A False Dilemma
Parenting is key--but so is good day care.  by Ann and Richard Barnet

A Church Reborn
The pope's visit has inspired Cuban believers.  by Thomas Quigley

Columns

Hearts & Minds: Seeking Moral Consistency
by Jim Wallis

Family Matters: From Generation to Generation
Will the good news become old news?  by Bob Hulteen

Life in Community: The Receiving End of Mission
by Joe Nangle, OFM

Uprisings: The Welcome at Spirit Garage
by Pam Fickenscher

H'rumphs: Wrongs and Rites of Passage
by Ed Spivey Jr.

Culture Watch

The Impact of Absence
by Danny Duncan Collum

A Faith to Life and Die With
The stories and words of Frederick Buechner  by Dale W. Brown
Book Review: Lion Country by Frederick Buechner. Open Heart by Frederick Buechner. Love Feast by Frederick Buechner. Treasure Hunt by Frederick Buechner. A Long Day's Dying by Frederick Buechner. The Season's Difference by Frederick Buechner. The Return of Ansel Gibbs by Frederick Buechner. The Final Beast by Frederick Buechner. Godric by Frederick Buechner. The Sacred Journey by Frederick Buechner. On the Road with the Archangel by Frederick Buechner.

Honest to God
Bringing mind and faith to the story.  by Ann Monroe
Book Review: God: A Biography by Jack Miles.

Echoes of the Big Song
Fiction and the search for God.  by Rosemarie C. Sultan
Book Review: A Celestial Omnibus: Short Fiction on Faith by J.P. Maney and Tom Hazuka. Communion: Contemporary Writers Reveal the Bible in Their Lives by David Rosenberg. Of Fiction and Faith: Twelve American Writers Talk About Their Vision and Work by W. Dale Brown.

Despised and Ridiculed
The vocation of a prophet, by a prophet  by Jim Forest
Book Review: Ezekiel: Vision of the Beat by Daniel Berrigan.

All Manner of Things
Renewed interest in Julian of Norwich.  by Molly Delaney
Book Review: Why Julain Now? A Voyage of Discovery by Sheila Upjohn.

Bending With the Breeze
Prayers for the journey.  by David Whettstone
Music Review: Prayers From the Earth by Amitiyah Elayne Hyman.

Give Me That Ol' Time Religion
Robert Duvall's The Apostle.  by Aaron Gallegos
Film Review: The Apostle by Robert Duvall.

Evil: The Tie That Binds
by Bob Hulteen
Book Review: A Troubling in My Soul: Womanist Perspectives on Evil and Suffering by Emilie M. Townes. Exorcising Evil: A Womanist Perspective on the Spirituals by Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan. Deliver Us From Evil: Resisting Racial and Gender Oppression by James Newton Poling. Preaching As Weeping, Confession, and Resistance: Radical Responses to Radical Evil by Christine M. Smith. Escape From Paradise: Evil and Tragedy in Feminist Theology by Kathleen M. Sands. Evil: A Historical and Theological Perspective by Hans Schwarz. Evil and the Cross by Hans Schwarz. Evil: Inside Human Violence and Cruelty by Roy F. Baumeister. Radical Evil by Joan Copjec. The Powers That Be: Theology for a New Millenium by Walter Wink.

Departments

Inside Story
by The Editors

Between the Lines
| Waging Peace in Nagaland | Project Censored | U.S. Subject of Canadian Weapons Search |

Groundswell: Keeping Service in the Zone
An effort to protect churches' public ministries.  by Carol Fennelly

Call to Renewal: Local Work on a National Problem
Communities pitch in to help people out of poverty.  by Duane Shank

Seeds: Resources for Study and Action
by Marian Abrecht

Connections: Bringing People Together
Compiled by Kristin Brennan

Living the Word: Transformative Power
by Jim Rice

Poetry: The Joining
by Martha Townley

Letters
| Equal Hope | Special Thanks | Connecting Prayer | Recovering Jewish Roots | The Persecution of Christians | Close to Orthodoxy | Ignorance About Schizophrenia | Truth Through Humor | Sanctions & Iraq | Change, Not Charity |