Christianity Today

April 24, 2000

Volume 44, Number 5

May 22 May 22, 2000
April 24
April 3 April 3, 2000

Saving Celtic Spirituality: Marketing trends in publishing could turn all things Celtic into a soon-to-disappear fad, but a wealth of Christian truth and devotion awaits readers who dig diligently.

Cover Story

Cover Story

Saving Celtic Spirituality

Loren Wilkinson

Despite the mythmaking, there’s a wealth of Christian truth and devotion worth recovering.

Features

Costa Rica: A Throwaway Generation

Deann Alford in San José

Drug-addicted girls find solace in the church’s embrace.

Sudan: Relief Operations Endangered

Tony Carnes

Rebel demands cause agencies to curtail efforts.

Nigeria: Moving Toward War?

Obed Minchakpu, Ecumenical News International

Deadly riots lead to suspension of Islamic law.

Saving Bodies, Rescuing Souls

Beverly Nickles in Ingushetia

Chechen Muslims find Salvationist care has compassionate accent.

Immigration: Separation Anxiety

Kenneth D. MacHarg in Miami<

Haitian immigrants are less welcome than Cubans, but Florida churches are filling the hospitality gap.

Evangelicals: Power in Unity

Christine J. Gardner in Arlington

Evangelical leader embraces new strategy.

Revival: The Art of Cooperation?

John W. Kennedy in Marshfield

Missouri revival pairs traditional with ‘cutting edge,’ upsetting some and inspiring others.

Updates

Oregon Releases Suicide Report

AIDS: African Americans Focus on AIDS Outreach

Jody Veenker

Black Church Week of Prayer for the Healing of AIDS gains observation

Church: Willow Creek Readies for Megagrowth

Eric Reed in South Barrington

New auditorium will seat 7,000.

The Jerry Falwell We Never Knew

He hangs out with liberal pundits and gay activists. Is this the same Jerry Falwell who founded the Moral Majority?

Bob Jones Rules

A Christianity Today Editorial

In his rationale for dropping his school’s ban on interracial dating, Bob Jones III may have changed the fundamentalist movement.

Just Married?

A Christianity Today Editorial

God makes marriage a sacred invasion of privacy.

Christian Fiction Gets Real

Susan Wise Bauer

New novels offer gritty plots and nuanced characters—but can they find a market?

God’s Crime Bill

Valerie Weaver-Zercher

The church has a ministry to victims—and their offenders.

Wanting More in an Age of Plenty

David G. Myers

Our wallets are fat, but our souls are empty

This World Is Not My Home

Richard J. Mouw

What some mainline Protestants are rediscovering about living as exiles in a foreign culture.

Books of the Century

Leaders and thinkers weigh in on classics that have shaped contemporary religious thought

Going Deeper:Books on Celtic Christian spirituality.

Loren Wilkinso

Books on Celtic Christian spirituality

News

Reviews

Views

The Back Page | Charles Colson:The Supreme Court’s in Session

Are Christians ready to make their case?

Classic & Contemporary Excerpts from April 24, 2000

Classic & contemporary excerpts on books, reading, and writing.

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