Christian Century
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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 tiredmaybe
- 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