Christian Century

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Articles in Oct 17, 2006, issue of Christian Century

• Autumn lament
  by John M. Buchanan
• Infallible preachers
  by Sam Robinson
• Pope Benedict meets with Muslim leaders
• Tutu's story
  by Lawrence Wood
• What's God's name? …
  by Nathan Mayfield
• Making amends
• Best sellers
• In a series of nationwide protests, a number of religious leaders have risked arrest by partaking in acts of civil disobedience in an effort to inspire a mass mobilization of people of faith against the Iraq war
• Evangelical reformer
  by Anne Blue Wills
• Fudging
  by Martin E. Marty
• Kerry belatedly speaks of faith
  by John Dart
• Mightier than the sword
• Calvin Seminary's first female professor quits, charging bias
• John H. Thomas, the general minister and president of the United Church of Christ, spoke forcefully in a major address September 17 about the importance of Christian-Jewish relations after some Jewish groups and conservative Christians charged that the UC
• Bellwether preacher
  by Andrew Stern
• A place to read
• California Episcopal church defies IRS
• The Episcopal Diocese of Newark, New Jersey, on September 23 elected a Massachusetts priest as its tenth bishop, passing over a gay candidate whose election could have further stirred up the worldwide Anglican Communion
• Beyond 'taboo morality'
  by William C. Placher
• Stealing from God
• Black churches prove cool to federal grants
• Sons of entitlement
  by Stephen B. Chapman
• A life interrupted
  by Craig L. Nessan
• Straight from the tap
• The first 40 days
• Gardner Taylor still a preaching exemplar
  by Kim Lawton
• Upside-down world
  by Stephen B. Chapman
• Neighborhood saint
  by Edward L. Beck
• 'Allah is my Lord and yours'
  by Paul J. Griffiths
• Carrot, not stick
• More WCC members now paying dues
• New testament
  by Beverly Roberts Gaventa
• Shaped by the '70s
  by Kenneth J. Heineman
• Fallen
  by Julie L. Moore
• Leap of faith
• Americans United files first suit challenging a U.S. faith-based grant
• History of Christianity.
  by Mark A. Noll
• Dreams and strategies
  by Gregory L. Jones
• Turnabout is fair play?
• 'Tongues' resurfaces as Southern Baptist issue
• Practical theology
  by Anthony B. Robinson
• Rise and fall
  by Steve Vineberg
• Take this to court
• Vatican ousts rogue African archbishop
• Story hour: reading allows children—and all of us—to test limits and probe trouble questions
  by Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore
• PCUSA and Israel
  by Donald E. Wagner