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Cover Story

Cry Freedom!
The modern global slave trade and those who fight it.  by David Batsone

Features

'In You I Take Refuge'
Through faith and business savvy, the Hagar Project gives new life to freed slaves in Cambodia.  by David Batstone

The Saints Go Marching
The 18th and 19th century movement to abolish slavery, with its many Christian leaders, has much to teach us.   by Elizabeth Palmberg

Rocking the Boat
A new wave of Catholic women answers the call to ordination priesthood - an act of ecclesial disobedience.  by Rose Marie Berger

Commentary

Dying for a Diamond
'Blood diamonds' still fuel conflict.  by Rory E. Anderson

A Faith of Their Own
Muslim women seek the renewal of Islam.  by Asra Q. Nomani

Big is Beautiful?
The World Bank's top-down approach.  by Marie Dennis

Columns

Hearts & Minds: Revival for Justice
by Jim Wallis

H'rumphs: He's Back!
Which sounds better, President Newt or President Mitt?  by Ed Spivey Jr.

Culture Watch

We Buy, Therefore We Are
Everday low prices are part of our American birthright. Right?  by Danny Duncan Collum

Attack of the Monster Houses
Why do Americans want to live so large?  by Julie Polter

True Believers
Reviewed by Dan Nejfelt
Audio Review: Infidel by Roger Greg.

A Theology of Place
by Lyndsay Moseley
Book Review: Learning the Language of the Fields: Tilling and Keeping as Christian Vocation by Daniel Deffenbaugh.

Noticed Pleasures
Reviewed by Edward A. Daugherty
Book Review: Common Life by Robert Cording.

New and Noteworthy

• Book: Simply in Season Children's Cookbook by Mark Beach and Julie Kauffman.
• Book: The Passionate Journey by J.S. Bach and Marty Bullis.
• Film: Choices: On the Way to Peace by John Steward.
• Book: Living God's Justice: Reflections and Prayers

Departments

Inside Story
by The Editors

Between the Lines
| Follow the Weapon Trade | Old Nukes, New Uses | Alleged CPT Captors Held for Trial | Christians and Muslims Fight AIDS | Sowing Peace and Justice | Thwack! for Jesus | News Bites |

Living the Word: The Shelter of God
Reflections on the Revised Lectionary, Cycle C  by Malinda Elizabeth Berry

Poetry: Soldier's Report
by Byron Rempel-Burkholder

Letters
| A Church Problem | Spelling Errers | Tourette's Stereotypes | Perpetuating Poverty? |