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April 21, 2008

Vol. 198 / No. 13

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Editorials
The EditorsApril 21, 2008

The outcome of Zimbabwe’s presidential election on March 29 has remained uncertain for two weeks, amid signs of manipulation by President Robert Mugabe’s ruling ZANU-PF party. Underscoring these signs was the arrest of several foreign journalists on April 4 on the trumped-up charge of pr

Faith in Focus
Jens SoeringApril 21, 2008

No one cares that Al died—not his family, not the folks at the halfway house where he lived, not even those of us who had served time with him. Only old man Bob on the third floor of B-Building mourned Al’s passing. Al used to clean Bob’s cell and wash his laundry. But Bob is as cr

Books
William A. GalstonApril 21, 2008

Writing in The Washington Post 15 years ago the reporter Michael Weiskopf famously characterized evangelical Christians as ldquo poor uneducated and easy to command rdquo No doubt there are some evangelicals who fit that description as there are some people like that in every segment of Americ

Books
Michael P. OrsiApril 21, 2008

Christopher Hitchens an atheist and best-selling author has provided a political sequel to his popular a-theological work God Is Not Great Gadflies such as Hitchens often try to attach themselves to past luminaries to bolster their causes In this case the author has fastened onto Thomas Paine

Books
William DroelApril 21, 2008

ldquo There is rdquo writes Robert McClory ldquo a democratic dynamic in the church rsquo s self-awareness rdquo No dogma is not subject to a vote Yes the church must assert its teachings popular or not Yes a certain hierarchical structure is part of the church rsquo s unity At the sam

The Word
Daniel J. HarringtonApril 21, 2008

Keeping alive the memory of Jesus and continuing the movement he began are two activities incumbent on every Christian The readings for the Sixth Sunday of Easter describe ways in which we as individuals and as a church can carry out this noble and important task Today rsquo s excerpt from Jesus r

Columns
Margaret SilfApril 21, 2008

The importance of Australia's national apology to the Aborigine people