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The Salvation Army story became a Washington Post regular feature after the story broke on July 10. Articles focused on White House reaction, politicos revising their story, and administration-Army meetings. In an editorial, the Post called the Army an "institution that performs good works" but apparently didn't think to check its own archives and forgot The Salvation Army is a church.

Christianity Today's has covered the current controversy in Weblog installments including: "The Salvation Army Under Attack Here and Abroad" (July 10, 2001), "White House to Salvation Army: No Soup for You!" (July 11, 2001), and "Salvation Army's 'Call to Hate'?" (July 16, 2001).

A recent Christian History Corner found that while being put through the ringer now, the Army has been through worse.

Lauren F. Winner reviewed several books on Salvation Army history in Christianity Today's sister publication, Books & Culture. Her article, "From Drum-Bangers to Doughnut-Fryers | Material culture, consumerism, and the transformation of the Salvation Army," appeared in the magazine's September/October 1999 issue.

For more on Salvation Army history, see issue 26 of Christian History. Another Christianity Today sister publication Christian Reader adapted one of the articles on Catherine Booth.

Historian Diane Winston chronicles the Army's shift in emphasis from evangelism to social services in Red-Hot and Righteous: The Urban Religion of the Salvation Army (Harvard, 2000).

Previous Christianity Today stories on the Salvation Army include:

Salvation Army Closed in Moscow | Moscow court decision turns city into a 'legal never-never land' for Christian charity. (Jan.11, 2001)

Still Red-Hot and Righteous | The Salvation Army's International Congress meets outside London for the first time since its founding. (July 12, 2000)

Saving Bodies, Rescuing Souls | Chechen Muslims find Salvationist care has compassionate accent (Apr. 11, 2000)

Salvation Army General Seeks Refocus on Gospel | Newest world leader faces modern challenges (June. 14, 1999)

Did Somebody Say $80 Million? (Dec. 7, 1998)

Salvation Army Youth Spell Out New Methods (Mar. 3, 1997)

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September 3 2001, Vol. 45, No. 11