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Sojourners Magazine September-October 2000

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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. AND: A look at some promising health programs that minister to the whole person. AND: Globalization is not only selling goods, but a way of life. It's time to return to the parable of the mighty mustard seed. AND: A medical missions team heading to the Sudan found itself giving emergency aid to refugees in Uganda. Were they sowing, reaping, or something in between? ALSO: Affrilachian poets; biblical reflections on Jerusalem, the Holy City; questioning the military role in Kosovo; Tito Puente; rogue potlucks.   —The Editors

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Virtual Hate
The Internet has rekindled the zeal and magnified the power of hate groups. What can we do to fight back?  by Stacia Brown

You Say You Want a Revolution?
Resistance Records recruits soldiers for 'racial holy war.'  by Larry Bellinger

Features

Healing the Sick And the System
Faith-based health ministries provide medicine...and hope.  by Emily Dossett

U2K Campaign: A Push for Universal Health Care
by Emily Dossett

Branded for Life
21st Century global marketers are more seductive than ever before. And they want your kids.  by Tom Sine

Resistance Is Not Futile
Some thoughts on sowing the mustard seed.  by Rose Marie Berger

Spectacular Works, Simple Obedience
We planned to do great things. God had other plans.  by Ryan Beiler

Commentary

Clean Money
by Micah L. Sifry

Defend Life by Taking Life?
It's time for a new ethic---justice without vengeance.  by Cardinal Roger Mahony

Conduct Unbecoming
Military role in Kosovo 'ineffective and unethical.'  by Rose Marie Berger

Unforgiven
Why we should apologize for slavery.  by Tony P. Hall

King of Heart and Soul
The infectious spirit of Tito Puente  by Aaron McCarroll Gallegos

Communities of Character
Organizing around common values  by George E. Schultze-Grijalva

Columns

Hearts & Minds: Poverty Is Not a Left-Wing Issue
Overtaking poverty will take all of our best values and insights.  by Jim Wallis

Grace Matters: Losing Our Religion?
by Chris Rice

Uprisings: Sustaining a Life of Service
A legacy of service: Krista Hunt Ausland  by Julienne Gage

Eyes & Ears: Sacred Connections
by Danny Duncan Collum

H'rumphs: Defending Against Rogue Potlucks
Humor  by Ed Spivey Jr

Culture Watch

Poets Turned Prophets
Affrilachian Poets claim the space between two worlds.  by Elizabeth Newberry

How to Change the World
A training manual in nonviolent revolution.  by Rose Marie Berger
Television Review: A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict by Steve York.

Living a Good Death
Bill Moyers on dying in America.  by Julie Polter
Television Review: On Our Own Terms by Bill Moyers.

Daily Resurrections of Hope
The big hearts of small friends.  by Sara Wenger Shenk
Book Review: Ordinary Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope by Jonathan Kozol.

Debunking Myths
Ian Frazier's On the Rez  by Tom Montgomery-Fate
Book Review: On the Rez by Ian Frazier.

How Rebellious Was Jesus?
Seeing the gospel in new ways.  by Chris Byrd
Book Review: Jesus the Rebel, Bearer of God's Peace and Justice by John Dear.

The Great Experiment
Reflections on Cuba's past---and future.  by Julienne Gage
Book Review: Cuba: Neither Heaven Nor Hell by Maria Lopez Vigil. Perspective on Cuba and its People by Theodore Braun.

Departments

Between the Lines
| World Bank Says 'Oops' on Past Projects, Okays New Pipeline | In U.K. City, Cops Call Churches | Yet Another Ill-Conceived Episode of Star Wars | Chiapas' New Bishop | A New Branch of Government? | Briefly Noted |

Groundswell: Undoing Racism in Flint
Michigan city turns dialogue into action.  by Margaret Williamson

Call to Renewal: The Rich Get Richer
In these boom times, the wealth gap is getting worse.  by Rev. Alice Davis

Seeds
Resources for study and action.  by Ryan Beiler

Connections
Bringing people together.  by Elizabeth Newberry

Living the Word: O Jerusalem, Jerusalem
The Holy City  by Peter Walker

Poetry: Patmos
by William Miller

Letters
| Where to Begin? | Effects of Colonialism | Close Call | A Place for My Stuff | Remembering Dorothy | Does God Tempt? | Christians, Period | Middle East Peace | What Would Jesus Do? | Free Gospel? | A Mighty Mercy | Working Together | Rogue Nations R Us | Linked Down Under |






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