Christianity Today

April 2, 2001

Volume 45, Number 5

April 23 April 23, 2001
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Whatever Happened to Christian History? Evangelical historians have finally earned the respect of the secular academy. But some critics say they've sold out. Not really.

Cover Story

Cover Story

Whatever Happened to Christian History?

Tim Stafford

Evangelical historians have finally earned the respect of the secular academy. But some critics say they’ve sold out. Not really

Features

Charitable Choice: Charitable Choice Dance Begins

Todd Svanoe

Faith-based organizations cautious but eager for government aid

A Reluctant Hero

Douglas LeBlanc

A PBS Film subtly depicts a catholic priest’s persistant urban ministry

Holy Desolation

Sara Pearsaul

Rick Harden’s bleak landscapes reveal our moral vulnerability

Health Plan Accused

Chuck Fager

Ohio seeks $16 million in damages against Christian Brotherhood Newsletter.

Reform Jewish Leaders Urge Boy Scout Ban

Kevin Eckstrom

Policy banning gay troop leaders called incompatible with belief that people are created in the image of God.

In Memoriam: Megachurch Pastor Jack Hyles Dead at 74

Corrie Cutrer

Fundamental Baptist congregation is one of country’s largest

Parachurch: Breaking Up Isn’t Hard to Do

Jim Jones in Dallas

Religious broadcasters quietly cut historic link to National Association of Evangelicals.

Decoding Generations

Wendy Murray Zoba

Two books are optimistic about the coming generations but for different, and sometimes contradictory, reasons.

Election 2000: Partisanship in the Pews

Sheryl Henderson Blunt

Race, religion played decisive roles in the presidential vote

Pakistan: Christians Cleared of Blasphemy

Barbara G. Baker

But more than 50 Pakistani Christians have been victimized on trumped-up charges since 1987

India: Relief Abuses Rampant

Manpreet Singh

Radical Hindus hijack supplies in quake intervention

Vatican City: Catholic, Reformed, and Lutheran Leaders Discuss Indulgences

Peggy Polk

Understanding, not agreement, sought on historical, theological, and pastoral issues

Zimbabwe: Evangelicals Attempt to Defuse Crises

Odhiambo Okite

While decrying land redistribution program, president of Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe stepping down after financial dispute

Weathering Economic Tsunamis

Jeff M. Sellers

How the whole people of God can minister to the unemployed. An interview with career counselor Richard Kew.

How to Serve Time

Preston Jones

There is a Christian way to study the past without weakening the truth.

Church, State, and Columbine

Wendy Murray Zoba

Since the infamous massacre, America has been rethinking the role of religion in the public square.

Pottering and Prayer

John W. Yates III

As John Stott turns 80, he still finds weeds to pull, birds to watch, and petitions to make

It’s Not About Us

Edith M. Humphrey

Modern spirituality begins and ends with the self; Christian spirituality, with the Alpha and Omega

A Velvet Oppression

Denyse O'Leary

Conservative Christians are not faring well in Canada’s brave new secular society

No More Excuses

A Christianity Today Editorial

Bush’s faith-based initiative should reinvigorate our mission of service

The Maturing of Victimhood

A Christianity Today Editorial

A new exhibit at the Holocaust Museum is a very good sign

Image Is Everything

The Taliban’s destruction of Buddhist statues is only the latest controversy over the Second Commandment

News

Wire Story

Columbia: U.S. Demands Information About Missing Missionaries

Religion News Service

New Tribes Mission workers abducted eight years ago

Wire Story

Virginia OKs Abortion Restriction

Religion News Service

NARAL says 43 prolife measures were passed at the state level last year.

Views

The Back Page | Philip Yancey: Beyond Flesh and Blood

I used to disdain biblical talk of invisible spirits. No more

The Quotable Stott

Compiled by Richard A. Kauffman

Reflections on the occasion of John R.W. Stott’s 80th birthday.

Dead Authors Society

We’re no longer interested in tasting death but only little morsels of cheer.

Civil Reactions | Stephen L. Carter: Vouching for Parents

Vouchers are not an attack on public schools but a vote of trust in families.

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