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Sojourners Magazine: July-August 1995

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Cover Story

An interview with historian Gar Alperovitz.
A journey of remembrance.

Feature

Healing for survivors of sexual abuse and war
The Redemptorist Mission Team in Mindanao, Philippines.
An interview with Karl Gaspar.
Responding to the rage caused by childhood sexual abuse
How a spirit of fear can distort scripture and history.

Commentary

Can the words "Christian" or "faith" appear in proximity to political issues? And if they do, what should they mean?
On May 11, after months of U.S. arm-twisting and a four-week review conference in New York, the nations of the world agreed to a South African proposal for a permanent extension of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Retro is a term used by graphic artists to describe a style of American design from the 1950s.

Columns

VITAMINS THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY
"Clothe yourselves with humility toward one another."
I began this piece on the 50th anniversary of D-day-June 6, 1994.
When I tell people I live in Washington, D.C., a common reply is, "I'm sorry to hear that."
Anne Morrison Welsh remembers every detail of that day 30 years ago.

Culture Watch

Beauty and truth in My Family
An inner-city physician's honest struggles.
Writers of various sorts, you may have noticed, sometimes take a notion to cast aside their particular genre or discipline and Just Write About Life
The search for meaning is hard work.
Early-teen magazines with a new vision.
Robert McNamara's personal confession.
The theology and life of William Stringfellow
The Santanas offer the familiar...and the surprising.

Departments

The stitches are not tiny - the woman who made them was old.
A requirement for working at Sojourners is learning how to survive "multitasking."
Live From Death Row, the new book by inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal, continues to stir controversy.
Reflections on the revised common lectionary (July 2 - August 27, 1995)
Showing the way of compassion.
Live From Death Row, the new book by inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal, continues to stir controversy.
Live From Death Row, the new book by inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal, continues to stir controversy.
Neighbors work together to take back their streets.
Live From Death Row, the new book by inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal, continues to stir controversy.
A requirement for working at Sojourners is learning how to survive "multitasking." 
In "Suspicions of Conspiracy," Tom Sine examines some of the similarities and differences between certain strands of Christian apocalyptic thought and global conspiracy theories propagated by some political extremists. 
Live From Death Row, the new book by inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal, continues to stir controversy.