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Articles in May 16, 2006, issue of Christian Century

• Bus tour
• Gallup: Churches of Christ have most frequent attenders
• Living by the word: wildfire
  by John Killinger
• Singing the Gospel: Lutheran Hymns and the Success of the Reformation
  by Paul Westermeyer
• Out of gas?
• Value of a tree
• Seminary offers online 'biblical self-defense' for besieged liberals
• Living by the word: missing the resurrection
  by John Killinger
• Summer: A Spiritual Biography of the Season
• Towey leaving helm of faith-based initiatives
• Church costs
• Vatican studies condom use to fight AIDS
• Teaching moment: Temple Church and The Da Vinci Code
• Left Behind? What the Bible Really Says about the End Times
• Lonely in Dakota
  by Martin E. Marty
• Azusa Street centennial
• Dan Brown's truthiness: the appeal of The Da Vinci Code
  by Rodney Clapp
• Travelers on the Journey: Pastors Talk about Their Lives and Commitments
• Loud Lutherans
• Exception to the rule: PCUSA eyes 'third way' on homosexuality
  by John Dart
• Noting that the war of words between the U.S. and Iran has reached "dangerous" levels, the board members of the United Methodist Church's social action agency last month urged both governments "to moderate their language and begin construct
• First apostle: the search for Mary Magdalene
  by Pheme Perkins
• Hoodlum and child
  by John Petrakis
• Politicking the pastors: 'restoration project' targets ministers
  by Ryan Valentine
• Three men charged with conspiracy and arson in the burning of nine churches in rural Alabama pleaded not guilty in mid-April
• Hardball tactics: the mainline and the IRD
  by Jason Byassee
• On the dark side
  by Jerry Ebbinga
• What did Luther say? Jesus and Mary Magdalene
  by Matthew Becker
• Lend me your tired—maybe
• The Southern Baptist Convention saw a slight membership increase in 2005, but its churches are reporting a decline in baptisms at a time when officials have made baptisms and evangelism a denominational focus
• The lowly virtue
  by Carol Zaleski
• Hyde's warning
  by James M. Wall
• City churches reap real-estate cash
  by Kevin Eckstrom
• Georgia enacts two Bible-related laws
• An influential think tank focusing on foreign relations has launched a new initiative that will study and explain the role religion plays in foreign policy
• The lost Judas
  by Luke Timothy Johnson
• Novel faiths
• SBC domestic missions chief quits under fire
  by Greg Warner
• Two church groupings in Norway have agreed to form a council spanning all the major churches, including Lutheran, Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Methodist, Baptist and Pentecostal bodies
• She Got Up off the Couch: And Other Heroic Acts from Mooreland, Indiana
  by Todd Shy
• The free press and democracy
• God's extended family
  by John M. Buchanan
• Methodist ranks drop for 36th straight year
• Chernobyl remembered
• The Wake of War: Encounters with the People of Iraq and Afghanistan
  by Tobias Winright
• The laughing savior