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Books & Culture July/August 1997 Issue

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Going On

Robert Siegel

Fore (Golf Dreams)

Jon Pott

When a Man Loves a Woman--As a Friend (Part 2)

Caroline Simon

When a Man Loves a Woman--As a Friend (Part 1)

Caroline Simon

Commentary (Part 2)

Jon Pott

Commentary (Part 1)

Michael LeRoy

Does Inequality = Injustice? (Part 3)

Amy L. Sherman

Does Inequality = Injustice? (Part 2)

Amy L. Sherman

Does Inequality = Injustice? (Part 1)

Amy L. Sherman

In Brief: July 01, 1997

LETTERS

The Gargoyle on the Steeple

LaVonne Neff

Stranger in a Strange Land

John Wilson, Managing Editor

An Unforgiving Eye

Betty Smartt Carter

Dorothy Sayers's Workshop

Ralph C. Wood

After the Death Squads

Mark R. Amstutz

An Ambiguous Rebellion

Ethan Casey

Scalia v. Judicial Activism

Lucas Morel

The Cross and the Holocaust

Jacob Neusner

Paul and the Politics of Identity

Judith M. Gundry-Volf and Miroslav Volf

For the Greater Glory of God?

Patrick Henry Reardon

Oscar Night for Magazines

Michael G. Maudlin

Coercion and Conscience

Phillip Johnson

The Angel of Vengeance

Roy Anker

American Adam

Interview by Michael Cromartie

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The Bulletin

Saudi Crown Prince Visit, GOP Realignment, and the Performative Male

Mike Cosper, Clarissa Moll

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What Do a 103-Year-Old Theologian’s Prayers Sound Like?

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Jim Houston’s scholarship centered on communion with God. His life in a Canadian care home continues to reflect this pursuit.

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The Current No. 1 Christian Artist Has No Soul

Kelsey Kramer McGinnis

AI-generated musician Solomon Ray has stirred a debate among listeners, drawing pushback from popular human singer Forrest Frank.

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New Frontiers in 1961

Daniel Silliman

CT considered paperback books, the Peace Corps, and the first man in space.

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Mastering Masculinity

Interview by Sho Baraka

Jason Wilson’s rite of passage combines martial arts, emotional stability, and lessons from the Bible.

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Wonderology

Fault Lines

Am I bad or sick?

"Hope for America" Harvest Crusade in Utah

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Utah Flocks to Crusade Event at Campus Where Charlie Kirk Was Killed

Harvest Prude in Orem, Utah

Evangelicals take the stage for worship and altar calls in the Mormon-majority state.

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The Just Life with Benjamin Watson

Jasmine Crowe-Houston: Love and Feed Your Neighbor

Reframing hunger as a justice issue, not charity.

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