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Articles in June 27, 2006, issue of Christian Century

• Page turners
• 'Abolish torture now,' religious leaders say
• Universal greed …
  by Creede Hinshaw
• True believers
• On the other hand
• Will you still need me?
• Second coming of Billy Graham?
• Tempted to martyrdom …
  by Lloyd Condra
• From dust to dust
• Placating the spirits
• Marriage amendment dead—for now
• Wacky world department
• Living by the word: pressed into service
  by Daniel Harrell
• House churches …
  by Marlin Jeschke
• As the spirit moved
• Lutheran hospital caught in Palestinian monetary dilemma
  by Michele Chabin
• Suffering foolishness
  by Gordon Atkinson
• Living by the word: power source
  by Daniel Harrell
• Creepy
  by Martin E. Marty
• By a narrow majority , the Church of Scotland has become the first major church in Britain to formally allow its ministers to bless gay relationships
• Africans see flaws in UN summit on AIDS
• Armed and defenseless
  by Chad Mason
• Storm and stress: ministry after Katrina
  by Rich Preheim
• Learning by heart
  by Hannah Faith Notess
• The first national, in-depth study of health services provided by religious communities is being undertaken by the National Council of Churches
• Measure of success: what is a well-lived life?
  by Dorothy Bass
• 'Decalogue' judge Moore loses Alabama primary
• Overcoming Apartheid: Can Truth Reconcile a Divided Nation?
  by Sandra F. Joireman
• A California Catholic priest who implied that kneeling during mass is a "mortal sin" has expressed regret for "misuse of the term."
• Stem cell funding stirs Wisconsin fight
• Facing truth: a televised reconciliation in Northern Ireland
  by Ronald A. Wells
• The Best American Science and Nature Writing
• Let them hold bake sales
• Church and labor activists who conducted a successful four-year boycott against a Taco Bell subsidiary to boost farmworker wages have begun to challenge fast-foot giant McDonald's over its tomato supply-chain practices
• Harvard announces stem cell research with human embryos
• Friends
  by L. Gregory Jones
• Let Me Finish
• Green evangelicals
• The Optimists
  by Debra Bendis
• Safe spaces
  by John M. Buchanan
• Iowa prison ministry ruled unconstitutional
• Rules of the road
  by Lillian Daniel
• Portrait of the artist
  by Steve Vineberg
• Future of chaplaincy …
  by Sharon M. Freeto
• Delta blues
• U.S. needs religious advisers in diplomacy, says Albright in book
  by Kim Lawton
• Young voices
  by David T. Schoeni
• God squad