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Post-war Iraq:

• The mission | Protestant missionaries have been criticized for their plans to evangelize in Iraq. If history is any guide, they're not likely to have much luck anyway (The Boston Globe)
  
  
• The true good Samaritans | By following guidelines in Iraq (as Samaritan's Purse and other Christian aid groups already do in other countries) and through effective and heartfelt actions, Franklin Graham can gain the trust of his critics (Editorial, The New York Times)
  
  
• Alarm at American crusade to convert Muslims (The Times, London)
  
  
• Senators wary of theocracy In Iraq | Appearing on separate Sunday news shows, Sen. Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.) and Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.) said that whether such a government arises depends, in part, on U.S. officials' commitment to working with Iraqi leaders who view tolerance and freedom as essential to a democracy (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Christian evangelists in postwar Iraq: Who are the infidels now? | For years, Muslim fanatics have tried to sow hatred between Muslims and "infidels" (read Christians). Similarly, Christian fanatics have tried to sow hatred between followers of their faith and "infidels" (read Muslims) (The Globe and Mail)

Easter:

• In pictures: Easter celebrations from around the world (BBC)
  
  
• Easter messages challenge war | Archbishop of Canterbury, others maintain their challenge to the morality of war in Iraq (The Telegraph, London)
  
  
• Of empty tombs and angels | For the Most Rev. Rowan Williams, the two angels in John's description of the tomb are rich in theological implications (The New York Times)
  
  
• Fat chance of Christ regaining Easter initiative | It was a strange Easter, because for the first time in living memory I didn't see an image of the crucified Christ (Paul McDermott, The Age, Melbourne, Australia)

Books:

• Burnham done with book on hostage ordeal (The Wichita Eagle)
  
  
• Also: An excerpt from In The Presence Of My Enemies | This excerpt from Gracia Burnham's book deals with the death of her husband, Martin, during a rescue attempt (The Wichita Eagle)
  
  
• Straight and narrow | Chris Lehmann reviews Hellfire Nation: The Politics of Sin in American History by James A. Morone (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Founding father | Jeff Sharlet reviews The Discovery of God by David Klinghoffer and The God of Old by James L. Kugel (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Soul on fire | In his superb new biography of Jonathan Edwards, George Marsden has given us the most comprehensive account we have of the man who is the spiritual godfather of our nation (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Mary Magdalene was 'a priestess from Ethiopia' | So says Lynn Picknett in Christianity's Hidden Goddess (The Times, London)
  
  
• Michael Dirda reviews The Spirit of Early Christian Thought: Seeking the Face of God by Robert Louis Wilken (The Washington Post)
  
  
• New book defends gospel account of resurrection story | The Rev. N.T. "Tom" Wright disputes modern Gospel interpretations (Associated Press)
  
  
• Earlier: Editor's Bookshelf: Life After Life After Death | The Resurrection of the Son of God is a "ground-clearing exercise" of historiographical obstacles (Christianity Today, Apr. 17, 2003)
  
  
• Scientific views of Biblical miracles | Professor Colin Humphreys claims in a new book that phenomena described in Exodus can be shown to have natural causes, which science can explain (BBC)

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