Christian Century

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Articles in Oct 19, 2004, issue of Christian Century

• Stem cell politics
  by David Bruning
• Voters in Louisiana have become the latest to endorse an amendment to their state constitution banning same-sex marriage
• Buckle up
• Episcopal bishops hope Anglican tent is wide
• Plain truths
  by James Howell
• Fruitful practices …
  by Dick Williams
• Borderline issue
• Thousands of fearful Christians flee Iraq
  by Dale Gavlak
• Media malfunctions
  by James M. Wall
• In the face of public backlash throughout North America, Louisiana-based televangelist Jimmy Swaggart said he regrets telling his congregation at a televised worship service that if a gay man ever looks at him romantically, "I'm going to kill him and
• Ekklesia leaders …
  by D. Brent Laytham
• This will be a sign for you
  by Jeffrey Johnson
• Conservative publisher Deal Hudson has announced that he will resign from his top post at Crisis magazine, a decision the Catholic leader made a month after stepping down as an adviser to President Bush's reelection campaign
• Hoax or what?
• Multiple Martys
  by Martin E. Marty
• IRD says mainline is picking on Israel
• The National Council of Churches has applauded an agreement unionizing foreign farmworkers who pick cucumbers sold by the Mt. Olive Pickle Company, which the NCC had boycotted in protest of previous worker treatment
• Loyal to the UMC …
  by John Lomperis
• Estancada
  by Lisa Marie Sandoval
• History of Christianity
  by Mark A. Noll
• Religion sells
  by Marcia Z. Nelson
• The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that a law passed to restore Terri Schiavo's feeding tube is unconstitutional and violates the separation of powers between the judicial, legislative and executive branches of the state government
• Toppled by scandal
• Episcopal facts …
  by C. Christopher Epting
• Best sellers
• Winning ways
  by Steve Vineberg
• Sunni clerics back anti-U.S. violence
  by Borzou Daragahi
• Sin of scorn
  by Roberta Bondi
• Mystery women; three clergy heroines
  by Betty Smartt Carter
• God's ghostwriter
• Terror not sole issue, bishop tells nominees
• The short one
  by Roberta Bondi
• Flannery O'Connor and the Christ-Haunted South
  by Kevin Taylor
• Vow of silence
• Read all about it
  by John M. Buchanan
• Spirituality pervades new American Indian museum in Washington
• Noted texts: choosing a study bible
  by Timothy E. Simpson
• Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: the End of Slavery in America
  by Ronald C. White, Jr.
• All Saints communion
  by Scott Cairns
• House 0Ks bill to block court rulings on 'under God'
• Meanwhile in Darfur
• The Unexpected Way: On Converting from Buddhism to Catholicism
  by Irving Hexham
• Tree
  by Jane Hirshfield
• New testament
  by Beverly Gaventa
• Down to earth
• Jews, PCUSA still at odds on Israel policy
• Heroic Leadership: Best Practices from a 450-Year-Old Company that Changed the World
  by Arthur Paul Boers
• Practical theology
• Long life
• Muslims rap decision on former pop singer
• Your scripture meets mine
  by Miroslav Volf
• Baptist advocacy group changes its name