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Index: Volume 123, January-December 2006 Editorials Testing God, 5/2:5 Crocodile lover: Learning from Steve Irwin, by Tripp A third way, 10/31:5 York, 10/3:9 All together now, by John M. Buchanan 7/25:3 Tortured, 1/24:5 Altar recalls, by John M. Buchanan, 3/21:3 Dan Brown’s truthiness: The appeal of The Da Vinci Autumn lament, by John M. Buchanan, 10/17:3 Watchinagnd listening, by John M. Buchanan, 9/19:3 Code, by Rodney Clapp, 5/16:22 Welfare agenda, 9/19:5 Dealing with Hamas: Palestinians make their choice, by Bare minimum, 8/8:5 What would Coach K say? 4/4:5 James M. Wall, 2/21:8 Blessings, by John M. Buchanan, 10/32: 3 What’s in a name? 7/25:5 Death of a people: Genocide in northern Uganda, by B2o rde] r crossings, 2o// 21:54 Olara A. Otunnu, 4/18:11 Buving favors, 2/7:5 Articles Discerning the Spirit, by Amos Yong, 3/7:31 Double take: Christian artifacts in a Jewish museum, by ‘Allah is my Lord and yours’: Talking with Ahmadinejad Can we coexist? 9/5:5 by Paul J. Griffiths, 10/17:8 Jason Byassee, 7/25:28 Carry-on reading, by John M. Buchanan, 7/11 ‘ 1 iw American idol: David Barton’s dream of a Christian na- Cartoon calculus, 3/7:5 Emerging model: A visit to Jacob’s Well by Jason tion, by KurtW . Peterson, 10/31:20 Conversion, by John M. Buchanan, 8/22:3 Byassee, 9/19:20 Armed and defenseless: A gun-loving pacifist, by Chad S. End game: Living joyfully in an apocalyptic time, an in- Deepening darkness, by John M. Buchanan, 11/28:3 Mason, 6/27:9 terview with Barbara R. Rossing by the editors, Arsonists at play Church burnings in Alabama, by Delta blues, 6/27:5 11/14:22 William H. Willimon, 4/6:11 Everything you wanted to know about Christianity, by Azusa Street revival, by Edith Blumhofer, 3/7:20 The faith-based thing, 11/14:5 Dennis Colby, 8/8:8 Family ties, by John M. Buchanan, 12/26:3 Exception to the rule: PCUSA eyes third way’ on homo- Battle for the Bible: The impasse over slavery, by Mark sexuality, by John Dart, 5/16:8 Noll, 5/2:20 Gift wrapped, by John M. Buchanan, 12/12:3 Exporting democracy: Bush’s security strategy, by God and country, by JohnM . Buchanan, 1/10:3 Being Benedict: The pope's first vear by Jason Byassee, Theodore R. Weber, 7/11:10 18:22 God’s extended family, by John M. Buchanan, 5/16:3 Exposing Zacchaeus, by Vitor Westhelle, 10/31:27 Benedict’s blunder: Ground rules for Muslim-Christian Grace at breakfast, by John M. Buchanan, 5/2 conversation, by Edward McGlynn Gaffney Jr., Facing truth: A televised reconciliation in Northern Lre- Healthy limits, by John M. Buchanan, 8/8:3 10/31:24 land, by Ronald A. Wells, 6/27:27 Bidding farewell: At the Last Supper, by Frederick Hearotns fi re, by John M. Buchanan, 3/7 A failure to communicate: Israel’s lost opportunity by Buechner, 4/6:26 Hopes and fantasies, $/22:5 Marc Gopin, 5/30:8 Biker wedding: Church should be like this, by Brian A fair tax: How Bush’s policy falls short, by Suzanne Making amends, 10/17:5 Jones 4/18:12 Hamilton Free, 4/18:8 Blood and rubble: Civilian deaths in Lebanon, by War- Marriage ministry, by JohnM . Buchanan, 2 Faithful voters: Religion and the 2006 election, by John ren Goldstein, 8/22:8 The matrix, by John M. Buchanan, 1/24:3 C. Green, 12/12:9 Blowing smoke: Politically incorrect entertainment, by Modern martyrs, 4/18:5 First apostle: The search for Mary Magdalene, by Pheme Jason Byassee, 5/2:8 Books without borders: SuppThlird yWorild nsemgina r- Perkins, 5/16:26 Noah who? by John M. Buchanan, 2/2 Forgiveness clause: The Amish way, by Donald B. Kray- ies, by Jason Byassee, 12/26:10 Novel faiths, 5/16:5 bill, 10/31:8 Bread line: Letter from St. Petersburg, by Bruce Modahl 10/31:9 Fractured family: A review of The Squid and the Whale, Off the pedestal 11/28:5 by Elizabeth Marquardt, 2/7:20 Breakfast with Bono, by David Heim, 3/21:21 On the waterfront, 3/21:5 Out of gas, 5/30:5 Global and local, by Cecil M. Robeck Jr., 3/7:34 ‘adets for Christ: Evangelization at the Air Force God's time, our time: An interview with Robert W. Jen- Pagetos g o, by John M. Buchanan, 5/30:3 Academy, by Amy Johnson Frykholm, 1/10:22 son by the editors, 5/2:31 ‘alled and sent out: Congregations that nurture future \ passionate theology by John M. Buchanan, 6/13:3 Going Catholic: Six journeys to Rome, by Jason Byassee, ministers, by Lillian Daniel, 2/21:9 Paying attention, by JohnM . Buchanan, 11/14:3 The Ip rison business, 10/3:5 ‘an I get a witness? Sharing faith stories in worship, by Goi§/n2g2 :1to8 jail, by Brian Doyle, 10/3:23 Lillian Daniel, 4/6:20 Grand illusion: Costs of war and empire, by Gary Dor- Jard-carrving ecumenists: The WCC convenes in Brazil, Reality check, 12/12:5 rien, 12/26:26 Reasoning about war, 1/10:5 by Richard Kauffman, 3/21:8 ‘C recommends: A special Christmas section, 12/12:21 Hardball tactics: The mainline and IRD, by Jason Safe spaces, by John M. Buchanan, 6/27:3 ‘harismatiacn d mainline, by John Dart, 3/7:22 hristian megastar: Bono on record, by Mark Yaconelli, Bvassee, 5/16:30 Shamone u s, by John M. Buchanan, 4/18:3 3/21:20 Hawks and doves: Rival versions of just war theory, by Sojourners, 7/11:5 Tobias Winright, 12/12:32 Sorry condition, 12/26:5 Jompost for the kingdom: An experiment in gardening by Fred Bahnson, 9/5:9 Hints of redemption, by Jill Peléez Baumgaertner, Stuff, by John M. Buchanan, 10/31:3 2/21:38 Sunrise, by John M. Buchanan 4t 6: ‘oShurnitvienrg Jtrh.e, 1d/e1a0d::8 Mourning every loss, by Donald W. Holy the Hardee’s: Meditating at the corner table, by Thomas R. Steagald, 8/22:9 Talking points, by John M. Buchanan, 9/5:3 rime and punishment: Wrestling with the death penalty, by Elizabeth Morgan, 10/3:30 Homegrown: Church and state in China, by K. K. Yeo, Talking to Iran, 6/13:5 1/10:31 CHRISTIAN CENTURY December 26, 2006 Index: Volume 123, January-December 2006 Editorials Testing God, 5/2:5 Crocodile lover: Learning from Steve Irwin, by Tripp A third way, 10/31:5 York, 10/3:9 All together now, by John M. Buchanan 7/25:3 Tortured, 1/24:5 Altar recalls, by John M. Buchanan, 3/21:3 Dan Brown’s truthiness: The appeal of The Da Vinci Autumn lament, by John M. Buchanan, 10/17:3 Watchinagnd listening, by John M. Buchanan, 9/19:3 Code, by Rodney Clapp, 5/16:22 Welfare agenda, 9/19:5 Dealing with Hamas: Palestinians make their choice, by Bare minimum, 8/8:5 What would Coach K say? 4/4:5 James M. Wall, 2/21:8 Blessings, by John M. Buchanan, 10/32: 3 What’s in a name? 7/25:5 Death of a people: Genocide in northern Uganda, by B2o rde] r crossings, 2o// 21:54 Olara A. Otunnu, 4/18:11 Buving favors, 2/7:5 Articles Discerning the Spirit, by Amos Yong, 3/7:31 Double take: Christian artifacts in a Jewish museum, by ‘Allah is my Lord and yours’: Talking with Ahmadinejad Can we coexist? 9/5:5 by Paul J. Griffiths, 10/17:8 Jason Byassee, 7/25:28 Carry-on reading, by John M. Buchanan, 7/11 ‘ 1 iw American idol: David Barton’s dream of a Christian na- Cartoon calculus, 3/7:5 Emerging model: A visit to Jacob’s Well by Jason tion, by KurtW . Peterson, 10/31:20 Conversion, by John M. Buchanan, 8/22:3 Byassee, 9/19:20 Armed and defenseless: A gun-loving pacifist, by Chad S. End game: Living joyfully in an apocalyptic time, an in- Deepening darkness, by John M. Buchanan, 11/28:3 Mason, 6/27:9 terview with Barbara R. Rossing by the editors, Arsonists at play Church burnings in Alabama, by Delta blues, 6/27:5 11/14:22 William H. Willimon, 4/6:11 Everything you wanted to know about Christianity, by Azusa Street revival, by Edith Blumhofer, 3/7:20 The faith-based thing, 11/14:5 Dennis Colby, 8/8:8 Family ties, by John M. Buchanan, 12/26:3 Exception to the rule: PCUSA eyes third way’ on homo- Battle for the Bible: The impasse over slavery, by Mark sexuality, by John Dart, 5/16:8 Noll, 5/2:20 Gift wrapped, by John M. Buchanan, 12/12:3 Exporting democracy: Bush’s security strategy, by God and country, by JohnM . Buchanan, 1/10:3 Being Benedict: The pope's first vear by Jason Byassee, Theodore R. Weber, 7/11:10 18:22 God’s extended family, by John M. Buchanan, 5/16:3 Exposing Zacchaeus, by Vitor Westhelle, 10/31:27 Benedict’s blunder: Ground rules for Muslim-Christian Grace at breakfast, by John M. Buchanan, 5/2 conversation, by Edward McGlynn Gaffney Jr., Facing truth: A televised reconciliation in Northern Lre- Healthy limits, by John M. Buchanan, 8/8:3 10/31:24 land, by Ronald A. Wells, 6/27:27 Bidding farewell: At the Last Supper, by Frederick Hearotns fi re, by John M. Buchanan, 3/7 A failure to communicate: Israel’s lost opportunity by Buechner, 4/6:26 Hopes and fantasies, $/22:5 Marc Gopin, 5/30:8 Biker wedding: Church should be like this, by Brian A fair tax: How Bush’s policy falls short, by Suzanne Making amends, 10/17:5 Jones 4/18:12 Hamilton Free, 4/18:8 Blood and rubble: Civilian deaths in Lebanon, by War- Marriage ministry, by JohnM . Buchanan, 2 Faithful voters: Religion and the 2006 election, by John ren Goldstein, 8/22:8 The matrix, by John M. Buchanan, 1/24:3 C. Green, 12/12:9 Blowing smoke: Politically incorrect entertainment, by Modern martyrs, 4/18:5 First apostle: The search for Mary Magdalene, by Pheme Jason Byassee, 5/2:8 Books without borders: SuppThlird yWorild nsemgina r- Perkins, 5/16:26 Noah who? by John M. Buchanan, 2/2 Forgiveness clause: The Amish way, by Donald B. Kray- ies, by Jason Byassee, 12/26:10 Novel faiths, 5/16:5 bill, 10/31:8 Bread line: Letter from St. Petersburg, by Bruce Modahl 10/31:9 Fractured family: A review of The Squid and the Whale, Off the pedestal 11/28:5 by Elizabeth Marquardt, 2/7:20 Breakfast with Bono, by David Heim, 3/21:21 On the waterfront, 3/21:5 Out of gas, 5/30:5 Global and local, by Cecil M. Robeck Jr., 3/7:34 ‘adets for Christ: Evangelization at the Air Force God's time, our time: An interview with Robert W. Jen- Pagetos g o, by John M. Buchanan, 5/30:3 Academy, by Amy Johnson Frykholm, 1/10:22 son by the editors, 5/2:31 ‘alled and sent out: Congregations that nurture future \ passionate theology by John M. Buchanan, 6/13:3 Going Catholic: Six journeys to Rome, by Jason Byassee, ministers, by Lillian Daniel, 2/21:9 Paying attention, by JohnM . Buchanan, 11/14:3 The Ip rison business, 10/3:5 ‘an I get a witness? Sharing faith stories in worship, by Goi§/n2g2 :1to8 jail, by Brian Doyle, 10/3:23 Lillian Daniel, 4/6:20 Grand illusion: Costs of war and empire, by Gary Dor- Jard-carrving ecumenists: The WCC convenes in Brazil, Reality check, 12/12:5 rien, 12/26:26 Reasoning about war, 1/10:5 by Richard Kauffman, 3/21:8 ‘C recommends: A special Christmas section, 12/12:21 Hardball tactics: The mainline and IRD, by Jason Safe spaces, by John M. Buchanan, 6/27:3 ‘harismatiacn d mainline, by John Dart, 3/7:22 hristian megastar: Bono on record, by Mark Yaconelli, Bvassee, 5/16:30 Shamone u s, by John M. Buchanan, 4/18:3 3/21:20 Hawks and doves: Rival versions of just war theory, by Sojourners, 7/11:5 Tobias Winright, 12/12:32 Sorry condition, 12/26:5 Jompost for the kingdom: An experiment in gardening by Fred Bahnson, 9/5:9 Hints of redemption, by Jill Peléez Baumgaertner, Stuff, by John M. Buchanan, 10/31:3 2/21:38 Sunrise, by John M. Buchanan 4t 6: ‘oShurnitvienrg Jtrh.e, 1d/e1a0d::8 Mourning every loss, by Donald W. Holy the Hardee’s: Meditating at the corner table, by Thomas R. Steagald, 8/22:9 Talking points, by John M. Buchanan, 9/5:3 rime and punishment: Wrestling with the death penalty, by Elizabeth Morgan, 10/3:30 Homegrown: Church and state in China, by K. K. Yeo, Talking to Iran, 6/13:5 1/10:31 CHRISTIAN CENTURY December 26, 2006 Homeward bound: The Dinka tribe in Sudan, by Ashley Not a slam dunk: Race and redemption in Glory Read, Seminary 2050: Committed to professional excellence Makar, 11/28:8 by Jason Byassee, 2/7:8 by Ann Svennungsen, 29/21: 22 Hot and bothered: Facing up to global warming, by Bill Seminary 2050: Communities of learning, by Simon McKibben, 7/11:28 One more candle: Devastated Lebanon at Advent, by Oliver, 2/21:22 Alexa Smith, 12/12:8 Seminary 2050: ¢ ‘onnected to God, connecting others to I was in prison . The church behind bars, by Jason Open-door policy: Homosexuality and the message of God by Maggi Dawn 2/21:22 Byassee, 10/3:20 Isaiah, by Frederick J. Gaiser, 5/2:26 Seminary 2050: Formation in a common life, by Roy Identify yourself: Christians among others, by Rowan Terry, 2/21:22 Williams, 3/21:29 Partners in the gospel, by Troy Rienstra, 10/3:27 Seminary 2050: Global pressures, Latino realities, by Immodest proposal: How to ask fora raise, by Whitworth Passion play: Life and death on the Root River, by Chad Nancy E. Bedford, 2/21:22 Ferguson III, 2/7:9 S. Mason, 4/18:9 Seminary 2050: Knowledge and piety, by Scott Jones In God's hands: Mental illness and the soul, by Kathryn \ pastoral voice: An interview with Marilynne Robinson 2/21:22 Greene-McCreight, 5/2:28 by Debra Bendis, 4/6:32 Seminary 2050: Parish-based education, by Craig Infallible preachers: The mullahs in Pakistan, by Sam Paul and the law: E. P. Sanders’s retrieval of Judaism, by Barnes, : :22 Robinson, 10/17:10 Mark A. Chancey, 6/13:20 Seminary 2050: Part monastery, part seminar part mis Inhuman behavior: A chaplain’s view of torture, by Ker- Paying attention: The art of listening, by Deborah van sion agency, by Brian McLaren, 2/21:22 mit D. Johnson, 4/18:26 Deusen Hunsinger, 8/22:24 Seminary 2050: Videos for pilgrim leaders, by Andrew Israel’s fences: Olmert's ‘convergence’ policy, by Men- Peace army: Christian Peacemaker Teams face hostility Jones, 2/21:22 achem Klein, 5/2:10 by Rich Preheim, 1/24:23 Silent treatment: Contemplative worship, by Diana But- Pentecostal power: Conversions in El Salvador, by Timo- ler Bass, 9/19:25 Judging Alito: Church-state entanglements, by Melissa thy Wadkins, 11/14:26 Sing a new song: John Bell on music and congregations Rogers, 1/10:9 Pentecostalismd’asrk side by Roger E. Olson, 3/7:: by the editors, 7/25:20 Just war: Second thoughts on [raq, by Brian Stiltner Performing the faith: An interview with George Lind- Slain by the music, by Larry Eskridge, 3/7:18 12/12:34 beck by the editors, 11/28:28 Slow recovery: One year after the tsunami, by Chris Her Pious pulp: Da Vincio n screen, by Jason Byassee, 6/13:8 linger, 1/10:11 Kicked off the rolls: The consequences of Medicaid cuts A place for God? Sciencaend religion in the Gifford Lec- Sound alternatives, by Louis R. Carlozo, 4/6:54, ¢ by Scott Morris, 1/24:8 tures, by Stanley Hauerwas, 2/21:43 8/22:42, 10/31:38 Killing zone: What can be done in Darfur? by Sandra F Politicking the pastors: “Restoration Project’ targets min- Star power The limits of celebrity activism, by Douglas Joireman, 11/28:10 isters by Ryan Valentine, 5/16:10 A. Hicks 3/21:23 Poverty 101: Activism on evangelical « ampuses by Stan Storm and stress: Ministry after Katrina, by Rich Pre Let us not pray Memo to the congregation, by Martin B Friedman, 5/30:9 heim, 6/27:18 Copenhaver, 5/2:9 PowerPointless: Video screens in worship by Debra Story hour, by Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore, 10/17:28 Letting go: The final miracle of forgiveness, by Miroslay Dean Murphy, 7/25:10 Suffering foolishness: Perilso f the open door, by Gordon Volf, 12/12:28 Presbyterian compromise: Ordaining gay clergy isa local Atkinson, 6/27:8 Liberating word: The power of the Bible in the global option, by John Dart, 7/11:8 Supersized: Analyzintgh e trend toward larger churches South, by Philip Jenkins, 7/11:22 Purpose-driven in Brazil: Perspectives on church by Mark Chaves, 11/28:20 Liturgical evangelism: The Finnish experiment by F growth, by Jason Byassee, 4/6:8 Surprise ending: Imagining heaven, by Peter S Dean Lueking, 6/13:10 Hawkins, 11/14:30 Race and romance: A couple navigates differences, by Swing state: Religious right and left in Ohio, by Carol Manger politics: The Nativity Story, by William H Enuma Okoro, 11/14:11 Steele, 10/3:8 Willimon, 12/26:8 Race still matters: Moral amnesia in America, an in- Svstem failure: The ethics of immigration reform, an in Marked man: Defending human rights in Colombia, by terview with Timothy Tyson by the editors terview with Ralston Deffenbaugh by the editors Alexa Smith, 11/14:10 2/21:30 §/8:22 Measureo f success: What is a well-lived life?b y Dorothy Reading list: Christians and prison, by Jason Byassee Bass and Mark Schwehn, 6/27:23 10/3:24 Take and read: Ethics, selected by Robin Lovin, 5/30:27 The misfits: A voice for Crunchy Conservatives, by David Xeligious aftershock: Earthquake relief in Pakistan, by lake and read: History of Christianity, selected by Mark Dark, 6/13:28 Paul Jeffrey 9/19:8 A. Noll, 10/17:23 Mission in Missouri: Churches and immigrants, by David Revgals online: Making friends in the blogosphere, by Take and read: New Testament, selected by Beverly L. Ostendorf, 6/13:9 Susan Olson, 9/5:10 Roberts Gaventa, 10/17:22 Misusing Jesus: How the church divorces Jesus from Ju- Room service: Hotel workers demand a fair contract, by Take and read: Old Testament, selected by Walter saism, by Amy-Jill Levine, 12/26:20 Jason Byassee, 11/14:8 Brueggemann, 5/30:24 Muslim neighbors: A French monk’s testimony, by Karl Take and read: Practical theology, selected by Anthony A. Plank, 12/12:10 Sacred book club: Reading scripture across interfaith B. Robinson, 10/17:24 My ‘Jesus Camp’: Fond memories, by Jason Byassee lines, by Jeffrey W. Bailey, 9/5:36 Take and read: Theology, selected by Amy Plantinga 11/28:11 Sacred real estate: Who owns the Holy Land? by Shaul Pauw, 5/30:25 Magid, 7/25:24 Taking God to the mat: The biblical world of pro Nightmare in Iraq: On the brink of civil war, by Gary Sanctuary: Mary, Methodists and immigration, by Jason wrestling, by John Dart, 9/19:10 Dorrien, 4/6:37 Byassee, 10/31:10 Teaching moment: Temple Church and The Da Vinci No good divorce: The children’s perspective an inter- Sealed off: Life in Gaza, by Chris Herlinger, 12/26:9 Code, by Robin Griffith-Jones, 5/16:20 view with Elizabeth Marquardt by the editors, Second thoughts: A neocon backs off on Iraq, by Robert Team players: What do associate pastors want? by jason 7:18 Westbrook, 6/13:24 Byassee, 1/24:15 No more scapegoats: How Jesus put an end to sacrifice Seminaries in pain Talking through conflict, by Pete Textbook case: A Bible curriculum for public schools, by by S. Mark Heim, 9/5:22 Steinke, 2/21:8 Luke Timothy Johnson 2/21:34 CHRISTIAN CENTURY Decembe2r6 , 2006 Textbook case: Bible class in public school, by Mark A Job description, by L. Gregory Jones, 1/10:35 Dressinugp , by Lawrence Wood, 12/26:18 Chancey, 11/14:12 Theologians and Nazis: Documenting the church’s fail Lowbrow wisdom, by Carol Zaleski, 3/21:35 Eatinga t Easter, by Craig A. Satterlee, 4/18:21 ure, by Jason Byassee, 5/30: 10 The lowly virtue, by Carol Zaleski, 5/16:33 Essential question, by Cynthia M. Campbell, 8/22:17 \ thousand little maps: Kindness on the border, by Gor- don Atkinson, 4/6:9 Melancholy leaders, by L. Gregory Jones, 2/21:47 God's choice, by Stephen Fowl, 9/5:20 Two mommies and ad addy: The future of polygamy, by Gropingi n darkness, by Craig A. Satterlee, 4/18:20 Elizabeth Marquardt, 7/25:8 New-car smell, by Lillian Daniel, 3/7:37 Healed, not cured by Debra Farrington, 2/7:16 Under siege: Letter from Jerusalem, by Yossi Klein Re-creation, by Carol Zaleski, 9/5:43 Halevi, 9/19:9 Reasoning together by Carol Zaleski, 10/31:33 ID check, by Cynthia M. Campbell, 8/22:17 Unfinished Gospel? Mark's enigmatic ending, by John In the know, by Stephen Fowl, 9/5:21 Dart, 4/18:28 A schoino Tilbe t, by Carol Zaleski, 7/11:37 U.S. leaders confess church failures, by Richard Kauff- The siege of Narnia, by Carol Zaleski, 1/24:31 Just as Lam, by ThomasG . Long, 3/21:1 man, 3/21:8 Slow motion grace, by L.G regory Jones, 12/12:37 Kindly candor, by Paul Stroble, 8/8:16 Victims as pariahs Rape attacks in the Congo, by Kath Telling truths, by Barbara Brown Tay lor, 7/25:31 leen Kern, 1/24:9 Trouble brewing, by L. Gregory Jones, 8/22:35 Light the candles, by Joanna Adams, 11/28:18 Violence undone: James Alison on Jesus as forgiving vic- tim, by the editors, 9/5:30 Walking in place by Barbara Brown Taylor, 2/7:35 Material things,b y Andrew Warner, 10/3:19 Voters and values: The divided mind of the religious left What's new? by Barbara Brown Taylor, 5/30:57 Missintgh e resurrection, by John Killinger, 5/16:19 by David Heim, 8/8:26 More than enough, by Charles Hoffman, 7/25:18 Impressions Much obliged, by Rob Merola, 5/30:23 What did Luther say? Jesus and Mary Magdalene, by Bubble-wrapped, 1/10:52 Matthew Becker, 5/16:11 On the vine, by Stan Wilson, 5/2:19 Where was God? An interview with David Bentley Hart Film feast. 10/3:5 by the editors, 1/10:26 Power and delight, by Christine Pohl, 1/10:20 Whodunit? A 9/11 conspiracy theory, by David Heim Gift list. 8/8:45 Power source, by Daniel Harrell, 6/27:17 9/5:8 Gite tuadnaacdiante 110853 Presintso eserdvic e, by Daniel Harrell, 6/27:16 xi aa chi 2 Why Maria crossed over: One family’s binational life, by John Fanestil, 8/8:15 Hyde's warning, 5/16:45 Radical reliance, by Rob Merola, 5/30:22 Wide-angle historian: Jaroslav Pelikan (192> 3-2006), by Reality show, by Thomas Long, 3/7:16 Davaivd i C. St Steinmetze,t z, 8/282/2:23: 3] Inquisitive president, 12/26:5=3 Ro{yoavl choicee ,b y Keei ithD . HerrrTo n, 11/14:221 Word on the Tehran street: Dispatch from Ira Noreen Herzfeld, 10/3:10 Port paranoia 3/21:45 Search and restore, by Stephen Fowl, 9/19:19 Signs and sounds, by Lawrence Wood, 12/26:19 You are dust: Ash Wednesday on a psychiatric ward, by Retinos svstem. 10/3145 Small change, by Maria Teresa Palmer, 10/31:19 Warren Kinghorn, 3/21:11 Sons of Entitlement, by Stephen B. Chapman, 10/17:20 you visited me: The call to prison ministry, by Ken- Spellbound, by Ray Rhoads, 1/24:16 Top filmso f '05, 2/7:45 neth L. Carder, 10/3:25 Starting over, by Martin B. Copenhaver, 2/21:21 Under the influence. 4/18:45 Storm system, by Michael A. King, 6/13:19 Colum ns Unilateral proposal, 6/13:45 Surprise encounter, by Christine Pohl, 1/10:21 Faith matters War plan, 9/5:61 Temple talk, by Keith D. Herron, 11/14:20 Ties that bind, by Stan Wilson, 5/2:18 All souls, .b y Carol Zaleski,} 12/26:31 Wartime scrit pts, 7/11:45 Pn one Toward home, by Joanna M. Adams, 12/12:18 . Living by the Word Barnyard behavior, by Barbara Brown Tavlor, 9/19:35 ¢ ss a Upside-down world, by Stephen B. Chapman, 10/17:21 Best gift, by James Howell, 11/14:37 Another commandment, by Maria Teresa Palmer Bumper-sticker theology, by Barbara Brown Taylo: 10/31:18 es : : WhGaod twan ts, by ThomasG . Long, 3/21:19 1/6:43 Arguing with Paul, by Michael A. King, 6/13:18 ; Whose casserole? by Paul Stroble, 8/8:17 Wildfire, by John Killinger, 5/16:18 The cracked vase, by Lillian Daniel, 8/8:31 Boast not, by Ray Rhoads, 1/24:16 Wisdom works, by Stephen Fowl, 9/19:18 Wonder bread, by Charles Hoffman, 7/25:18 Do they like me?b y James Howell, 4/18:33 ( apital T by Kevin Baker, 7/11:20 Wrecking crew, by Kevin Baker, 7/11:21 Dreams and strategies, by L. Gregory Jones, 10/17:65 Change agent, by Joanna Adams, 11/28:15 Dying well, by L. Gregory JJoo nes, 5/2:37 Chariot of fire, by Martin B. CoI penhaver, 2/21:20 M.E—. M.O Couples, by Andrew Warner, 10/3:18 Faithfaunld effective, by Robin Lovin, 6/13:33 Acting Methodist, 3/21:47 Friends, by L. Gregory Jones, 6/27:31 Dancing the Decalogue, by ThomasG . Long, 3/7:16 Dangling gospel, by Thomas G. Long, 4/6:19 Bonhoefter for us, 2/7:47 Hell house, by Barbara Brown Tavlor, 11/28:41 Donkey fetchers, by ThomasG . Long, 4/6:18 Dose of forgiveness, by Debra Farrington, 2/7:16 Call me Nestor, 9/19:47 In his ste ps by Robin Lovin, 10/3:36 Double vision, by Joanna M Adams, 12/12:19 Creepy, 6/27:39 CHRISTIAN CENTURY December 26, 2006 42 Family tree, 8/8:47 In Advent, by Jean Janzen, 12/12:11 Neil Young: Heart of Gold, 5/2:43 Fudging, 10/17:71 The New World, 1/10:49 Late teaching, by G.W ayne Glick, 4/5:28 Head cases, 8/22:47 Laughter, by Jean Keskulla, 11/14:8 \ Prairie Home Companion, 7/25:39 Learning by heart, by Hannah Faith Notess, 6/27:24 The Proposition, 7/11:43 If Lutherans ruled, 5/2:47 Lot's wife, by Jill Bergkamp, 12/26:11 Scoop, 9 5:59 \ little hope 12/12:55 Miriam, by Frederick Buechner, 2/21:10 Something New, 3/7:44 Lonely in Dakota, 5/16:47 Superman Returns, 5/8:41 Narrative, by Barbara Crooker, 10/3:32 Me and my mausoleum, 5/ Neighbor, by Jeanne Murray Walker, 2/21 The Three Burialso f Melquiades Estrada, 3/21:42 Myth-buster, 9/5:63 Tsotsi, 5/16:42 On the thirdda y, by Jill Alexander Essbaum, 4/6:38 Partv on, 4/6:63 Owls, by Sarah Rossiter, 11/28:9 United 93, 5/30:5 Pray without yawning, 3/7:47 Professor Pelikan, 6/13:47 Parable, by G. 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Constantine, 5/16:41 and Earth, by We ndy Farley 5/30:25 Romans Abingdon New Testament Commentary Triangle: A Novel, by Katharine Weber, 9/19:42 LeanderE . Keck, 10/17:22 The Truce of God, by Rowan Williams, 6/13:36 The Yale Book of Quotations, edited by Fred R. Shapiro, The Truth Book: Escapa Cihinldhgoo d of Abuse Among 10/31:37 The Saint John’s Bible: Psalms, handwritten and illumi- Jehovah's Witnesses, by Joy Castro, 3/21:25 The Yearo f Magical Thinking, by Joan Didion, 7/25:34 nated by Donald Jackson, 4/18:42 \ Year with Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Daily Meditations Saints: A Visual Guide, by Edward Mornin and Lorna Uberpower: The Imperial Temptation, by Josef Joffe from His Letters, Writings, and Sermons, edited by Mornin, 11/14:43 12/12:47 Carla Barnhill, 4/4:52 Saved from Sacrifice: A Theology of the Cross, by S$ Understanding Dante, by John A. Scott, 9/19:40 \ Year with Jesus: Daily Readings and Meditations, by Mark Heim, 12/12:38 Understanding Matthew: The Early Christian World- Eugene H. Peterson, 12/26:36 Scriptures in Dialogue: Christians and Muslims Studying view of the First Gospel, by Stephen Westerholm, A Year with Rumi: Daily Readings, edited by Coleman the Bible and the Qur'an Together, edited by Michael 10/17:23 Barks, 12/26:36 Ipgrave, 5/30:25 Upon the Altaro f the Nation: A Moral History of the ‘You Shall Not Kilolr “”Yo u Shall Not Murder”T?he As- Sex, Marriage, and Family in John Calvin's Geneva, Vol- American Civil War, by Harry Stout, 5/30:28, 10/17:24 sault on a Biblical Text, by Wilma Ann Bailey, 10/3:36 ume 1; Courtship, Engagement, and Marriage, edited by John Witte J1 and Robert M. Kingdon, 10/17:2 Wahhabism: AC ritical Essay, by Hamid Algar, 11/28:36 Books reviewed: Authors She Got Up Off the Couch: And Other Heroic Acts from The Wake of War: Encounters with the People of Iraq Mooreland, Indiana, by Haven Kimmel, 5/16:36 and Afghanistan, by Anne Nivat, 5/16:38 Abou EI Fadl, Khaled: The Great Theft: Wrestling Islam The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape Walker Percy Remembered: A Portrait in the Words of from the Extremists, 11/28:36 the Future, by Vali Nasr, 11/28:36 Those Who Knew Him, by David Horace Harwell, Achenbach, Joel: The Grand Idea: George Washington’s Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense, by N 10/3:48 Potomac and the Race to the West, 1/10:39 T. Wright, 11/28:42 War and Christian Ethics, edited by Arthur F. Holmes, Adam, A. K. M.: Faithful Interpretation: Reading the Singing the ¢ sospel; Lutheran Hymns and the Success of 5/30:27 Bible in a Postmodern World, 11/14:50 the Reformation, by Christopher Boyd Brown, 5/16:39 War and the Christian Conscience: Where Do You Alexander, William: The $64 Tomato: How One Man Sinners Welcome: Poems, by Mary Karr, 7/25:37 Stand?b y Joseph J. Fahey, 12/12:32 Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured Songo f Songs, by J. Cheryl Exum, 5/30:24 War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep an Existential Crisis in the Quest for a Perfect Garden, The Sound of Sheer Silence and the Killing State: The Spinning Us to Death, by Norman Solomon, 8/22:41 9/19:38 Death Penalty and the Bible, by Millard Lind, 10/3:30 The Way of Jesus: A Journey of Freedom for Pilgrims Algar, Hamid: Wahhabism: A Critical Essay, 11/28:36 Spiritual Direction: Wisdom for the Long Walk of Faith, and Wanderers, by Jonathan $. 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Cheryl: Songo f Songs, 5/30:24 Angell, Roger: Let Me Finish, 6/27:35 Bryan, Christopher: Render to Caesar: Jesus, the Early Applegate, Debby: The Most Famous Man in America: Church, and the Roman Superpower, 10/17:22 Fahey, Joseph J.: War and the Christian Conscience The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher, 10/17:47 Burrus, Virginia, ed.: Late Ancient Christianity, 9/19:36 Where Do You Stand? 12/12:32 Arsenault, Raymond: Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Burt, Donald X., ed.: Day by Day with Saint Augustine Farley, Margaret A.: Just Love: A Framework for Chris- Struggle for Racial Justice, 8/8:35 4/4:51 tian Sexual Ethics, 10/17:52 Assayas, Michka: Bono: In Conversation with Michka Farley, Wendy: The Wounding and Healing of Desire Assayas, 3/21:20 Jampbell, Jonathan S., with Jennifer Campbeil: The Weaving Heaven and Earth, 5/30:25 Ayres, Lewis: Nicaea and Its Legacy: An Approach to Way of Jesus: A Journey of Freedom for Pilgrims and Farris, Lawrence W.: Ten Commandments for Pastors Fourth-Century Trinitarian Theology, 3/21:40 Wanderers. 1/24:37 Leaving a Congregation, 10/17:25; Ten Command- varroll, Jackson W.: God’s Potters: Pastoral Leadership ments for Pastors New to a Congregation, 10/17:25 Bailey, Wilma Ann: “You Shall Not Kill” or “You Shall and the Shaping of Congregations, 10/17:25; 11/28:44 Feiler, Bruce: Where God Was Born: A Journey by Land Not Murder’? The Assaulton a Biblical Text, 10/3:36 astro, Joy: The Truth Book: Escaping a Childhood of to the Roots of Religion, 7/11:39 Baker, Wayne E.: America’s Crisis of Values: Reality and Abuse Among Jehovah’s Witnesses, 3/21:25 Finley, James: Christian Meditation: Experiencing the Perception, 5/2:41 hares, J. Daryl: Between Pacifism and Jihad: Just War Presenceo f God, 2/21:64 Balthasar, Hans Urs von: Epilogue, 5/30:53; Theo-Logic, and Christian Tradition, 12/12:32 Franzen, Jonathan: The Discomfort Zone: A Personal Volume 3: The Spirit of Truth, 5/: hilton, Bruce: Mary Magdalene: A Biography, 5/16:26 History, 12/26:32 Bangiey, Bernard, ed.: Nearert o the Heart of God: Daily ‘lark, Chap: Hurt: Inside the World of Today's Fretheim, Terence E.; God and World in the Old Testa- Readings with the Christian Mystics, 4/4:51 Teenagers, 4/18:41 ment, 5/30:24 Barks, Coleman, ed.: A Year with Rumi: Daily Readings, ‘larke, Erskine: Dwelling Place: A Plantation Epic Fritzson, Arne, and Samuel Kabue: Interpreting Disabil- 12/26:36 5/30:37 ity: A Church of All and for All, 1/24:33 Barnhill, Carla: The Myth of the Perfect Mother: Re- Jonstantine, Mark D.: Travelerso n the Journey: Pastors Fukuyama, Francis: Americaa t the Crossroads: Democ- thinking the Spirituality of Women, 2/7:29 Talk About Their Lives and Commitments, 5/16:41 racy, Power and the Neoconservative Legacy, 6/13:24 Barnhill, Carla, ed.: A Year with Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Joontz, Stephanie: Marriage, a History: From Obedi- Daily Meditations from His Letters, Writings, and Ser- ence to Intimacy, or How Love ¢ Jonquered Marriage Gaede, Beth Ann: When a Congregation Is Betrayec mons, 4/4:52 2/7:24 Responding to Clergy Misconduct, 10/17:25 Beach, Eleanor Ferris: The Jezebel Letters: Religion and ‘ousar, Charles B.: An Introduction to the New Testa- Gaustad, EdwinS .: Roger Williams, 4/4:48 Politics in Ninth-Century Israel, 5/30:24 ment: Witnesses to God’s New Work, 10/17:22 Gauvreau, Michael: The Catholic Origins of Quebec’s Beach, George Kimmich: Transforming Liberalism: The ‘unningham, Lawrence S.: A Brief History of Saints Quiet Revolution, 1931-1970, 10/17:24 Theology of James Luther Adams, 7/25:37 11/14:43 Gerges, Fawaz A.: Journey of the Jihadist: Inside Muslim Beck, Martha: Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mor- Militancy, 11/28:36 mons and Found My Faith, 3/21:25 Dales, Douglas, John Habgood, Geoffrey Rowell and Gibson, James: Overcoming Aparthe id: Can Truth Rec Berlinger Nancy: After Harm: Medical Error and the Rowan Williams: Glory Descending: Michael Ramsey oncile a Divided Nation? 6/27:34 Ethics of Forgiveness, 9/5:44 and His Writings, 9/19:42 Gien, Pamela: The Svringa Tree: A Novel, 10/31:37 Bloom, Harold: Jesus and Yahweh: The Names Divine, Daniel, Lillian: Tell It Like It Is: Reclaiming the Practice Gilley Sheridan, and Brian Stanley, eds.: The Cam- 9/5:52 of Testimony, 10/17:25 bridge History of ¢ ’hristianity Volume 8: World Chris Blount, Brian K.: Can I Get a Witness? Reading Revela- Deignan, Kathleen, ed.: A Book of Hours, by Thomas tianities, c. 1815-c. 1914, 10/17:23 tion Through African American Culture, 10/3:36 Merton, 12/26:36 Goldman, Michael Imperial Nature: The World Bank Borg, Marcus, and John Dominic Crossan: The Last Dever, William G.: Did God Have a Wife? Archaeology and Struggles for Social Justice in the Ageo f Globaliza- Week: A Day-by-Day Account of Jesus’s Final Week in and Folk Religion in Ancient Israel, 3/21:37 tion, 1/24:39 Jerusalem, 4/18:34 Diamond, Jonathan: Fatherless Sons: Healing the Lega- Goodall, Jane: Harvest for Hope: A Guide to Mindful Boring, M. Eugene, and Fred B. Craddock: The People’s cy of Loss, 11/28:48 Eating, 6/13:40 New Testament Commentary, 5/2:39 Didion, Joan: The Year of Magical Thinking, 7/25:34 Granberg-Michaelson, Wesley Leadership from Inside Bowden, John, ed.: Encyclopedia of Christianity Doctorow, E. L.: The March, 4/4:46 Out: Spirituality and Organizational Change, 8/8:39 10/3:45 Donfried, Karl Paul: Who Owns the Bible? Toward the Graves, Mike: The Fully Alive Preacher: Recovering Boyd, Gregory A.: The Myth of a Christian Nation: How Recovery of a Christian Hermeneutic, 10/3:36 from Homiletical Burnout, 10/17:25 the Quest for Political Power Is Destroying the Douglas, Susan J., and Meredith W. Michaels: The Gray, Jeffrey, James McCorkle and Mary McAleer Church, 7/11:32 Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and Balkun, eds.: The Greenwood Encyclopediao f Ameri- Boyd, Jeffrey H.: Being Sick Well: Joyful Living Despite How It Has Undermined All Women, 2/7:29 can Poets and Poetry (5 volumes), 8/22:40 Chronic Illness, 4/18:39 Dreher, Rod: Crunchy Cons, 6/13:28 Gregersen, Niels Henrik, Bo Holm, Ted Peters and Brady, Bernard, and Mark Neuzil: A Spiritual Field Dube, Musa W., and Musimbi Kanyoro, eds.: Grant Me Peter Widmann, eds The Gift of Grace: The Future Guide: Meditations for the Outdoors, 1/10:47 Justice! HIV/AIDS and Gender Readings of the Bible, of Lutheran Theology, 2/21:61 Bremer, L. Paul, If: My Year in Iraq: The Struggle to 5/30:25 Guroian, Vigen: The Fragrance of God, 9/19:38 Build a Future of Hope, 6/13:34 Gushee, David P.: Only Human: Christian Reflections Brock, Ann Graham: Mary Magdalene, the First Apostle: Efird, James M.: Left Behind? What the Bible Really on the Journey Toward Wholeness, 5/30:27 The Struggle for Authority, 5/16:26 Says About the End Times, 5/16:41 Brocker, Mark: Conspiracy and Imprisonment, 1940- Ehrman, Bart D.: Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Hall, Donald: The Best Day the Worst Day: Life with 1945: Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Works, Vol. 16, 10/17:54 Who Changed the Bible and Why, 7/11:38 Jane Kenyon, 1/24:26 Brown, Christopher Boyd: Singing the Gospel: Lutheran Ekblad, Bob: Reading the Bible with the Damned, Hanson, Bradley: Grace That Frees: The Lutheran Tra- Hymns and the Success of the Reformation, 5/16:39 5/30:24 dition, 2/21:61 CHRISTIAN CENTURY December 26, 2006 Harris, Sam: Letter to a Christian Nation, 12/12:43 Jones, L. Gregory, and Kevin R. Armstrong: Resurrect- Maguire, Daniel C.: A Moral Creed for All Christians, Harwell, David Horace: Walker Percy Remembered: A ing Excellence: Shaping Faithful Christian Ministry, 5/30:24 Portrait in the Words of Those Who Knew Him, 11/28:44 Mariani, Paul: Deaths and Transfigurations: Poems, 10/3:48 Judt, Tony: Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945, 2/21:38 Hauerwas, Stanley, Carol Bailey Stoneking, Keith G 3/7:43 Marquardt, Elizabeth: Between Two Worlds: The Inner Meador and David Cloutier, eds.: Growing Old in Junkin, Tim: Bloodsworth: The True Story of the First Lives of Children of Divorce, 2/7:21 Christ, 9/19:30 Death Row Inmate Exonerated by DNA, 10/3:30 Marrs, Suzanne: Eudora Welty: A Biography, 1/24:35 Haynes, Stephen R.: The Bonhoeffer Legacy: Post- Martin, James, S.J.: My Life with the Saints, 11/14:43 Holocaust Perspectives, 5/30:25 Kalu, Ogbu: African Christianity: An African Story, McAdams, Dan P.: The Redemptive Self: Stories Ameri- Hearon, Holly E.: The Mary Magdalene Tradition: Wit- 10/17:23 cans Live By, 8/8:32 ness and Counter-Witness in Early Christian Commu- Karon, Jan: Light from Heaven, 12/12:40 McCullough, David: 1776, 1/10:39 nities, 5/16:26 Karr, Mary: Sinners Welcome: Poems, 7/25:37 McLeod, Hugh, ed.: The Cambridge History of Chris- Hedges, Chris: Losing Moses on the Freeway: The 10 Kasser, Rodolphe, Marvin Meyer and Gregory Wurst, tianity, Volume 9: World Christianities, c. 1914—c. Commandments in America, 6/27:32 eds.: The Gospel of Judas, 5/16:34 2000, 10/17:23 Heim, S$. Mark: Saved from Sacrifice: A Theology of the Katongole, Emmanuel M.: A Future for Africa: Critical McMahon, Darrin M.: Happiness: A History, 12/26:33 Cross, 12/12:38 Essays in ( thristian Social Imagination, 8/22:41 McNamara, Dennis R.: Heavenly City: The Architec- Hendra, Jessica, with Blake Morrison: How to Cook Kazin, Michael: A Godly Hero: The Life of William Jen- tural Tradition of Catholic Chicago, 9/19:42 Your Daughter: A Memoir, 10/3:46 nings Bryan, 10/17:41 Meacham, Jon: American Gospel: God, the Founding Higton, Mike: Difficult Gospel: The Theology of Rowan Keck, Leander E.: Romans (Abingdon New Testament Fathers, and the Making of a Nation, 7/11:32 Williams, 6/13:36 Commentary), 10/17:22 Mead, Frank S., Samuel S. Hill and Craig D. Atwood, Hirsch, Edward: Poet’s Choice, 6/13:40 Kelsey, David H.: Imagining Redemption, 5/30:25 eds.: Handbook of Denominations in the United Hitchcock, Susan Tyler, with John L. Esposito, eds.: Ge- Kenyon, Jane: Collected Poems, 1/24:26; A Hundred States (12th edition), 2/21:57 ography of Religion: Where God Lives, Where Pil- White Daffodils, 1/24:26 Meeks, Wayne A.: Christ is the Question, 5/30:25 grims Walk, 10/3:48 Khadra, Yasmina: The Attack, 10/31:34 Mercadante, Linda: Bloomfield Avenue: A Jewish- Holmes, Arthur F., ed. War and Christian Ethics, Kimmel, Haven: She Got Up Off the Couch: And Other Catholic Jersey Girl’s Spiritual Journey, 11/14:49 5/30:27 Heroic Acts from Mooreland, Indiana, 5/16:36 Mercer, Joyce Ann: Welcoming Children: A Practical Holmes, David L.: The Faiths of the Founding Fathers, King, Karen L.: The Gc spel of Mary of Magdala: Jesus Theology of Childhood, 3/7:41 7/i1:32 and the First Woman Apostle, 5/16:26 Merton, Thomas: A Book of Hours, edited by Kathleen Holowchak, M. Andrew: Happiness and Greek Ethical Klindienst, Patricia: The Earth Knows My Name: Food, Deignan, 12/26:36 Thought, 12/26:33 Culture, and Sustainability in the Gardens of Ethnic Meyer, Marvin, with Esther A. De Boer: The Gospels of Horsley, Richard A., ed.: Christian Origins, 9/19:36 Americans, 9/19:38 Mary: The Secret Tradition of Mary Magdalene, the Howard, Albert: Protestant Theology and the Makingo f Knight, Louise W.: Citizen: Jane Addams and the Strug- Companion of Jesus, 5/16:26 the Modern German University, 10/17:24 gle for Democracy, 5/2:40 Middleton, J. Richard: The Liberating Image: The Hsu, Albert Y.: The Suburban Christian: Finding Spiri- Kolbert, Elizabeth: Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Imago Dei in Genesis 1, 5/30:24 tual Vitality in the Land of Plenty, 10/17:27 Man, Nature, and Climate Change, 11/14:46 Milgrom, Jacob: Leviticus: A Book of Ritual and Ethics, Hurley, Daniel: Facing Pain, Finding Hope: AP hysician Kovacs, Judith, and Christopher Rowland: Revelation 5/30:24 Examines Pain, Faith, and the Healing Stories of Jesus, Through the Centuries: The Apocalypse to Jesus Millar, Fergus: A Greek Roman Empire: Power and Be- 4/18:39 Christ, 10/3:36 lief Under Theodosius II (408-450), 10/17:23 Husbands, Mark, and Daniel J. Treier, eds.: The Com- Krosney, Herbert: The Lost Gospel: The Quest for the Miller, Andrew: The Optimists, 6/27:35 munity of the Word: Toward an Evangelical Ecclesiol- Gospel of Judas Iscariot, 5/16:34 Miller, Mark Crispin: Fooled Again: How the Right Stole ogy, 5/30:25 Kuefler, Matthew, ed.: The Boswell Thesis: Essays on the 2004 Election and Why They'll Steal the Next One Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality, Too (Unless We Stop Them), 1/10:36 Insole, Christopher: The Politics of Human Frailty: A 8/22:41 Miller, Sue: Lost in the Forest, 2/7:39 Theological Defeonf Pcolietic al Liberalism, 5/30:27 Kuo, David: Tempting Faith: An Inside Story of Political Miller, William lan: An Eye for an Eye, 5/30:27 Ipgrave, Michael, ed.: Bearintgh e Word: Prophesy in Seduction, 11/14:5 Mitchell, Margaret M., and Frances M. Young, eds.: The the Biblical and Quranic Perspective, 5/30:25; Scrip- Kurtis, Bill: The Death Penalty on Trial: Crisis in Ameri- Cambridge History of Christianity, Volume 1: Origins tures in Dialogue: Christians and Muslims Studying can Justice, 10/3:30 to Constantine, 10/17:23 the Bible and the Qur'an Together, 5/30:25 Montgomery-Fate, Tom: Steady aad Trembling: Art, Lamott Anne: Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith, Faith and Family in an Uncertain World, 9/5:48 Jackson, Donald, calligrapher: The Saint John’s Bible: 1/24:32 Mornin, Edward, and Lorna Mornin: Saints: A Visual Psalms, 4/18:42 Lazare, Aaron: On Apology, 5/30:27 Guide, 11/14:43 James, P. D.: The Lighthouse, 5/30:49 Lea, Sydney: Ghost Pain, 2/21:38 Mouw, Richard J., and Mark A. Noil, eds.: Wonderful Jenkins, Philip: Decade of Nightmares: The End of the Lerner, Michael: The Left Hand of God: Taking Back Words of Life: Hymns in American Protestant History Sixties and the Makoif nEigghti es America, 10/17:61 Our Country from the Religious Right, 3/21:36 and Theology, 2/21:53 Joffe, Josef: Uberpower: The Imperial Temptation of Lichterman Paul Elusive Togetherness: Church America, 12/12:47 Groups Trying to Bridge America’s Divisions, 4/18:36 Nasr, Vali: The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Johannsen, Kristin, Bobbie Ann Mason and Mary Ann Limburg, James: Encountering Ecclesiastes: A Book for Will Shape the Future, 11/28:36 Taylor-Hall, eds.: Missing Mountains: We Went to the Our Time, 11/28:48 Nettle, Daniel: Happiness: The Science Behind Your Mountaintop but It Wasn't There, 8/22:36 Lind, Millard: The Sound of Sheer Silence and the Smile, 12/26:33 Johnson, Marshall D.: Psalms Through the Year Spiritu- Killing State: The Death Penalty and the Bible, Nielsen, Francis: The Witness of St. Ansgar’s, al Exercises for Every Day, 12/26:36 10/3:30 10/17:58 Jones, Joe R.: On Beithen Chgurc h of Jesus Christ in Tu- Lind, Tracey: Interrupted by God: Glimpses from the Nivat, Anne: The Wake of War: Encounters with the multuous Times, 3/7:43 Edge, 6/13:40 People of Iraq and Afghanistan, 5/16:38 CHRISTIAN CENTURY Decembe2r6 , 2006