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Articles in May 20, 2008 issue of Christian Century

• The pope said the pedophile priests were evil and the way they were sometimes handled [by the hierarchy] were mistakes
  by Mary Gordon
• Trained in satire
• [Cartoon]
• For the first time, a woman bishop has been appointed in the Anglican Church of Australia, making it the fourth Anglican province to have an active woman bishop
• Nourishing image …
  by Kara Leslie Wischmeyer
• Measured in blood and treasure, the war in Iraq
• European lawmakers urge broader abortion rights
• Carter's Middle East mission
  by James M. Wall
• From Achilles to Christ: Why Christians Should Read the Pagan Classics
• Life to the full
• Gene Robinson takes on more risky ventures
  by John Dart
• Horizons of hope: a critique of 'Spe salvi'
  by Jurgen Moltmann
• The Reluctant Fundamentalist
  by Trudy Bush
• Where our tax dollars go
• Untapped gift
• David Noel Freedman
• Speed-hump victory: community organizing
  by Scott M. Kershner
• Living by the word: reflections on the lectionary
  by Tom McGrath
• Brand loyalty
  by Martin E. Marty
• Sanctuaries of Earth, Stone, and Light: The Churches of Northern New Spain, 1530-1821
• Benedict's visit
• Obama's ex-pastor speaks out, defends black church
• New convert …
  by Don Frueh
• New catechesis
• Pope warns against 'prophetic actions'
• On music
  by Louis R. Carlozo
• Widow's scarf
  by Diana Cole
• What would Calvin say?
• Presbyterian sticking point …
  by David B. Carver
• Boiling it down
• Krister Stendahl hailed as scholar, church reformer and interfaith pioneer
• Snow Angels
  by John Petrakis
• Emmanuel College
• Building relationships: an interview with McCain's pastor
  by Amy Frykholm
• In a unanimous voice vote, the 90-member Executive Council of the United Church of Christ passed a resolution April 14 supporting Trinity UCC in Chicago and its recently retired senior minister Jeremiah Wright, whose videotaped, politically charged commen
• Regarding organized religion …
  by Garret Keizer
• Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
  by Jason Byassee
• Necessary offense
• Seabury Seminary gives faculty notice, cuts staff
• More power to you
  by L. Gregory Jones
• Zimbabwe churches warn country faces genocide
• What would Martin say?
• Heaven explained
  by William C. Placher
• Faith forums
  by John M. Buchanan
• Dispute with Thomas Hardy
  by Sydney Lea
• Splitting up: Anglican angst
  by Jason Byassee
• Communion and Otherness: Further Studies in Personhood and the Church
  by Thomas Finger
• Scholars for the church
  by Daniel Meeter
• McCain's faith, pastor hard to pigeonhole
  by Greg Warner
• 2008 Ad
  by John Dart