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May 2002

The New Capital of Evangelicalism
Move over, Wheaton and Colorado Springs—Dallas, Texas, has more megachurches, megaseminaries, and mega-Christian activity than any other American city.
by Edward Gilbreath
Plus: Sunday Colors; Parachurch Passion; Southwestern's Predicament; Tex-Mex Orthodoxy; The Hispanic Challenge

Fundamentalist With Flair
Cantankerous Carl McIntire protested against nearly every major expression of 20th-century Christianity, and always with a flourish.
by Randall Balmer
Plus: 'You're Right, Dr. McIntire!'

Want Better Grades? Go to Church
Studies show that poor children who are active in a local congregation thrive in body and mind, as well as spirit.
by Amber Anderson Johnson

Bottom-Up Apologist
John Polkinghorne—particle physicist, Gifford lecturer, Templeton Prize-winner, and parish priest.
by Karl W. Giberson

News: North American Report

Sex Abuse: 'A Time of Justice'

Catholics: Coverups Prompt Demands for Resignation

New Dispensation?: Camping: 'Leave Church'

Asian Americans: Embracing the Unwanted

Parents' Rights: Fatal Revelations

World Report

West Bank: Crackdown Hits Churches

France: Anti-Semitic Violence Spurs Crackdown

Colombia: Missionaries Defy Terrorist Threat in Colombia

Germany: Authorities Pull Plug on Power for Living

India: Critics Assail Dialogue with Hindu Radicals

Nigeria: Where Adultery Means Death

Departments

Inside CT
Big City, Big Ministry

Letters

Under the Sun
Parsonage in Peril; Quotation Marks;It's Soccer, Not Quidditch;Witless Witness; GOP Seeks Black Clergy Affiliations; Go Figure; Creationism Scandalous; Blessing Abortion; Peace (and Quiet) Be With You

Editorials
Goodbye, Dolly; Give Us a [Tax] Break

Good Question | by Timothy George
Cremation Confusion

Reflections | Compiled by Richard A. Kauffman
Suffering & Grief

Civil Reactions | by Stephen L. Carter
Uncle Sam Is Not Your Dad

The CT Review:
Religion that's Fit to Print; A Pale Imitation; The Rolling Superchic[k] Revue

The Back Page | by Philip Yancey
Servant in Chief

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Yule Tidings
Five New CDs for Christmas

Russ Breimeier | posted 12/01/2008 10:09AM

A Latter-day Alliance
Evangelicals, once uncomfortable with Romney, unite with Mormons on gay marriage ban.

Sarah Pulliam | posted 12/02/2008 09:35AM

Ignorance as Blessing
Foreknowledge: for God and not for us.

Collin Hansen | posted 12/01/2008 10:13AM

Recessions Are Good?
Many see moral uplift as a result of the slumping economy.

Rob Moll | posted 12/01/2008 01:24PM

The Good News in Oil and Acrylic
A missions center becomes a patron of the arts.

Tony Carnes | posted 11/25/2008 09:26AM

Prepare the Way of the Lord - Day 2

Poll: What kind of Christmas music do you like most?

From Christianity Today Movies:
'Perhaps Just Out of Our Minds'
Christian filmmaker Buzz McLaughlin tries to find a niche between secular movies and preachy ones—only to find it's an elusive market.

Frederica Mathewes-Green | posted 12/02/2008 11:12AM

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