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August 2008 'I have the health care I need. Shouldn't everyone?' Elizabeth Edwards on the moral outrage of 47 million Americans without health insurance -- and what we can do about it.
July 2008 World food crisis: 7 Steps to food sanity
June 2008 Making Their Mark: Young Christians are finding new ways to connect their faith to action. The church, and the world, will never be the same.
May 2008 Putting Your Money Where Your Heart Is: When the economy takes a downturn, what happens to the common good?
April 2008 Where the Spirit Leads: Latino Pentecostals defy simplistic labels, but they may be a key swing demographic in the political wars of 2008.
March 2008 Is It Still a Wonderful Life? Building a new politics on the old values of generosity, compassion, and community
February 2008 The Great Awakening: Reviving Faith and Politics in a Post-Religious Right America
January 2008 To Whom Do We Belong? On Iraq, many U.S. Christians listened more to George Bush's American nationalism than they did the global Body of Christ.
Sojourners 2007
December 2007 Forever Young: How to stay alive your whole life, by Richard Rohr; Anna and Simeon: Biblical models of lifelong fathfulness, by Margaret Guenther
November 2007 Making a Scene: In the spirit of the prophets: 'Rev. Billy' and his Stop Shopping campaign; 'Everything Must Change' Brian McLaren's new book challenges the very way we view our world - and calls for a revolution of hope
September/October 2007 The New Sanctuary Movement: With immigration reform dead in Congress, churches step into the gap.
August 2007 Can Nuclear Power Save Us? No greenhouse gases, no dependence on foreign oil - what's not to like about nuclear energy?
July 2007 Step It Up to Save the Earth: Race and the environmental movement and what your congregation can do to restore creation.
June 2007 A Surge for Peace: Christians step out against the war.
May 2007 Special Issue: Trade Justice: How your wallet (and your clout) can help build a fairer world.
April 2007 More than a Helping Hand: Many volunteers are pitching in to rebuild the Gulf Coast. But what else is needed to build a just society?
March 2007 Cry Freedom! Today Millions of people around the world are held against their will. A look at the modern global slave trade and those who fight it.
February 2007 Making Work Work: 5 things we can do to brighten the prospects for working families. ALSO: Thich Nhat Hanh on letting go of anger, 'Knit local, act global', and cautious hope in Congo.
January 2007 How to Defend the Family More (and fight about it less): Julie Polter on why we need to rescue
Sojourners 2006
December 2006 118 Days: Christian Peacemakers on captivity in Iraq; How I survived by James Loney, A gateway to humanity by Harmeet Singh Sooden, Tom Fox's witness for life. ALSO: John Perkins looks ahead and Thomas Keating on centering prayer.
November 2006 Should God be banned from the public square? Plus, Why George Bush's self-assured faith makes the world less secure; Special issue on books and film.
September/October 2006 'Bring Us Home': A conversation with U.S. soldiers who have joined the growing movement against the war in Iraq.
August 2006 If All You Have Is A Hammer...everything looks like a nail: The Bush administration's failure of imagination in Iran and around the world
July 2006 'We Are America': An immigrant's story. Plus: Ched Myers on baptism's true cost, Prophetic politics in the new South Africa, Hollywood celebs take on the world.
June 2006 Is the Catholic Vote Up For Grabs? How Catholics became the ultimate swing voters, by Maurice Timothy Reidy, A moral challenge to both parties, by E.J. Dionne Jr. Plus: Marilynne Robinson sees the holy in the everyday world, Tom Fox's nonviolent witness, Reflections on Guantánamo from an 'inside man.'
May 2006 Special Issue: FOOD and how we get it. The Tao of dumpster diving, The politics of "Our Daily Bread" - a bible study, A farm grows in Brooklyn (and a college grows a farm), What's really in our food?
April 2006 From Slogans to Solutions: Can we move beyond hard-line rhetoric to policies that actually reduce abortions? Plus: Immigration: A Bible study, Undocumented in America.
March 2006 Decoding Jesus: "Kingdom of God" is so last-century. Are there new ways to talk about Jesus' good news? Plus: Punk rockers meet senior citizens, Human rights in Latin America: A progress report, What to do when a president places himself above the law.
February 2006 What Works: Gaining ground against poverty: From Africa, three innovative solutions. Plus: Bonhoeffer's 100th, global Christianity, truth and reconciliation in Greensboro.
January 2006 Taking Back Our Kids: Child rearing, never an easy endeavour, has become in many ways a countercultural activity. Plus: Reza Aslan, the Lord God Bird, community-based investing.
Sojourners 2005
December 2005 Vital Signs: Congregations find passion and purpose by blending ancient traditions and contemporary action. Plus: Nelson Good, Conflict in Matthew, Intelligent Religion.
November 2005 Can You See Me Now? The storms in the Gulf exposed a long-denied side of America. Plus: Wendel Berry, Jars of Clay, banned musicians: A special section on books and music.
September/October 2005 Why Did the Christian Cross the Road? A look at the perils of being bridge people. Plus: Fighting child prostitution; Peace by degree; Leaving campus behind.
August 2005 Reality Check - Facts on the ground in Israel and Palestine belie politicians' false optimism. Plus: A conversation with an Indigo Girl; The human cost of the war on terror; A 16th century mystic's wisdom.
July 2005 Marriage and the Common Good - Young Christians discover that it takes a village to make a marriage and vice versa. Plus: God wants You to end global poverty; The struggle of the San José Church in Jiñocuao, Nicaragua; The miracle at Accra.
June 2005 Confessions of a Blue State Christian by Donna Britt. Plus: Growing up Evangelical; Freedom's Ship; 'Teach a woman to fish...'
May 2005 Give us this Day - A special issue on health, sustainability, and the spirituality of "enough." Including: Ten (or so) things you can do to lessen your impact on the earth; Sprawl and our future; Why God's abundant life won't fit in a shopping cart.
April 2005 Taxes, Lies and the Least of These - Bush's out-of-balance tax agenda. Also: The Lost Boys of Sudan; The Killing of Jimmy Lee Jackson; Supernatural Chiller Flicks.
March 2005 Catholics at the Crossroads - Can the U.S. church find redemption? by Heidi Schlumpf; Challenge and hope in the global South, by Marie Dennis; The Vatican's management problem, by Richard Rohr. Also: Privatizing Social Security; Tsunami Politics; William Stringfellow's Legacy.
February 2005 God's Politics - Why the Right gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It. An excerpt from the new book by Jim Wallis. Also: Evangelism and Empire: a Dangerous Mix; An Interview with Palestinian Peacemaker Hanan Ashrawi; Arun Ghandi on the Challenge of Faithful Living.
January 2005 In The Face Of War - What's next for Christian peacemaking? Also: Finding Grace on Reality TV; Prospects for Peace After Arafat; Mentoring the Children of Inmates.
Sojourners 2004
December 2004 SPECIAL BOOKS ISSUE - Religion and the book industry, by Phyllis Tickle. Also: Paul Elie on Pilgrimage and the art of deep reading; An original vignette by Edwidge Danticat; The Sprituality of reading, by Nancy M. Malone; What I'm Reading, by Kathleen Norris, Brian D. Maclaren, Phillip Yancey, David James Duncan.
November 2004 HIGH STAKES - What does it mean to confess Christ in the election of 2004? by Jim Wallis. Also: The Politics Of Piety, by Amy Sullivan.
October 2004 FEAR - Richard Rohr, Julie Polter, and Francis MacNutt on the Politics and Spirituality of fear. Also: 10 Things to Do Before The Election; A Miracle in Mississippi; Sacred Music in Southern Maryland.
September 2004 Scared To Talk Politics In Church? - Five principles for pastors during an election - and three things to avoid altogether. Also: Dialogue with a Devil, by Jim Forest (with a little help from C.S. Lewis); Arm in Arm in the Middle East; Liberals Discover a Moral Backbone.
August 2004 Democracy in the Balance: Is "we the people" the political incarnation of a spiritual truth - or a stupendous fraud? Also: Color Lines and Party Lines; Ordinary Virtue: Doing the right thing is about using the power we have, no matter how small our efforts.
July 2004 A conversation with Wendell Berry, the Kentucky farmer and renowned essayist talks about true religion, the myth of progress, and the joy of a hot bath. Also: They're Back! The rebirth of the Religious Right; Holy Warror Nuns! Comic books and spirituality.
June 2004 Progressive and 'Pro-Life'? Why people who believe in the sanctity of life - all life - struggle to find a home in either political party. Also: E.J. Dionne Jr. on moral language in the public sphere; Political power and the hip-hop generation;
May 2004 Pray Globally, Act Locally: It's going to take the whole body of Christ - theologians, businesspeople, artists, laborers, activists - to transform the globalized economy into a force for good.
April 2004 Toward Tax Justice: In the beginning was..Alabama. Seeds for a revolutionary debate about taxes were planted - surprise! - in the middle of the Bible Belt. An interview with Susan Pace Hamill, whose faith transformed a governor. Also, Bush tax policy.
March 2004 Down-to-Earth Theology - Special Issue on the Environment; Sins of Emission; a pastor in hip waders; What Genesis days and doesn't say about caring for creation.
February 2004 Should the Church Split Over Gay and Lesbian Christians? The Presbyterian Church (USA) looks for a better way forward. -- Also: The unlikely pilgrimage of Philip Yancey -- Is nonviolent regime change possible? -- Wal-Mart: always low wages
January 2004 'America, You Must Be Born Again' - A provocative new book explores Martin Luther King Jr.'s sacred journey from reform to revolution. Also, the WTO after Cancun, The morality of file swapping, A last encounter with Johnny Cash.
Sojourners 2003
November-December 2003 Spy Games - Two forme CIA analysts on how the case for the Iraq war was built on a stack of lies (and other tales of intrigue from inside The Company). Also, The Food Project, and Witness for Peace.
September-October 2003 George W. Bush's Theology of Empire; Also, Weapons of mass deception - truth, lies, and the Iraq war, What to do about Liberia, The 'revolutionary kindness' of Anita Roddick, and Pharoah's daughter - The women of Exodus
July-August 2003 Apocalypse Soon?: Why Christian Zionism is blocking peace in the Middle East - and putting the world at risk; Also: Michelle Shocked on why her cup runneth over; Men with guns: vigilantes on border patrol; Bob Dylan's born-again music is born again
May-June 2003 Drugs: The Other War; Also: Lessons of the Iraq War; The University of Social Justice: 5 schools that dig deeper; Dangerous Art; Christians in Colombia: Caught in the Middle
March-April 2003 Saving the Corporate Soul: Making a buck without selling out; The Iraq War: A call for noncooperation; Phil Berrigan's journey toward freedom; Why radio stinks; Thomas Cahill on the call of the prophets; An evangelical discovers beauty
January-February 2003 God, Country and the Duty of Dissent: Christian Conscience in Time of War; Plus: Jerry Falwell smears Islam; Lessons from a life well-lived; Bill Gates: Tax the rich!
Sojourners 2002
November-December 2002 Got Nukes? What can be done about the rising nuclear threat; Plus: Jim Wallis on how to disarm Iraq… without war; Holiday book list; Nonviolent resistance in Columbia
September-October 2002 How to topple Saddam Hussein—without war: Why 22 million Iraqis are better suited to bring democracy to their country than the U.S. military; Plus: '40 acres and a mortgage'—home ownership and economic freedom; Bill McKibben on Bush and the environment
July-August 2002 A Few Bad Men? How to reform a medieval church, by Joan Chittister; and Is celibacy obsolete?, by Richard Rohr; Plus: The coming war in Iraq; Ashcroft watches what you read; Death rattle and roll: music to die for; and Walter Brueggemann on Enron.
May-June 2002 From Conquistadors to Corporations: How the globalizers took over the world; Plus: Martha Stewartship; An interview with Ani DiFranco; Sex, Lies, and the Catholic Church; Crossing the Nuclear Threshhold; Preaching God's Green Gospel.
March-April 2002 Fundamentalism and the modern world, with Karen Armstrong, Susannah Heschel, Feisal Abdul Rauf, and Jim Wallis; Plus: 18 young Christians who are changing the world; Jesus visits the Hamptons; Studs Terkel on how to live forever; the sin of Enron.
January-February 2002 Soul Searching: How Sept. 11 blew away our certainties and opened the door to transformation, with Richard Rohr, Kathleen Norris, and Jim Wallis; Plus: Growing up with activist parents; And Joan Chittister on the dangers of Christian discipleship.
Sojourners 2001
November-December 2001 A Light Shines in the Darkness: Reflections on Sept. 11 and beyond. Plus: SojoFest 2001; Meeting Jesus on the street; Britain's empty pews, but full agendas; And an interview with singer-songwriter David Wilcox.
September-October 2001 Against Impossible Odds: The struggle for peace in Israel-Palestine. Plus: Celebrating 30 years of Sojourners; A study on Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well; The legacy of Sojourner Truth; and Who's behind the Left Behind books?
July-August 2001 God is My Palm Pilot: Is technology the tool of the devil? The primrose path to a better life? Or something in between? Plus: Black and Jewish teens take the bus from 'them' to 'us'; I'm O.K., You're Temporary; and On the Ground in Colombia
May-June 2001 FBO Land: How will faith-based organizations navigate the chutes and ladders of the church-state game? Also: On the Colombian front of the drug war, it's hard to tell who or what is the real enemy; David Cortright on missle defense; women and Islam.
March-April 2001 Faith and the Arts: An American painter uses her eyes, hands, and heart to portray the grief and hope she sees in Eritrea. Plus: living our lives without being "branded"; the potential of the hip-hop nation; recalling Middle East history.
January-February 2001 Does God care about sports? Why the sports stadium has replaced the church sancturary as the dominant arena of piety for many American men. Also: the media get religion, a profile of the Responsible Wealth Campaign, and an interview with Karl Gaspar
Sojourners 2000
November-December 2000 Should Joe Lieberman (and the rest) keep his religion to himself? The real question is not whether religious values should help shape politics, but how.
September-October 2000 The Internet has made hate groups highly visible, completely anonymous, and available to a potentially limitless audience. Who are these groups, what are their strategies, and what can we do to fight back?
January-February 1999 An Unexpected Calling: How Gen. Lee Butl;er, former commander of the nation's nuclear forces, became a proponent of nuclear abolition.
