Christian Century

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Articles in Dec 13, 2005, issue of Christian Century

• Rewriting history
• Conservative Anglicans talk up realignment
  by Ann Rodgers
• The Doors of the Sea: Where Was God in the Tsunami?
• Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Kids from Nature-Deficit Disorder
• Crossfire
• Liturgy as politics: an interview with William Cavanaugh
• Divestment activity …
  by Nathan Wright
• Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
• Ghost Pain
• Gag rule
• Acts
• To the Green Man
• Exit interview: why pastors leave
  by David J. Wood
• Former fundamentalists …
  by Norman D. Stanton
• Anglican leaders rebuke archbishop
• The Way of Ignorance: And Other Essays
• Francis and Clare in Poetry: An Anthology
• Goodbye, Mr. Chips
• Bible tax
• Nearly 100 UMC bishops decry war
• The Wounding and Healing of Desire: Weaving Heaven and Earth
• Second Space
• A letter to the people of The United Methodist Church
• Signs of hope
  by James M. Wall
• The Lincoln experience
  by Jason Byassee
• Living by the word: zealous hopes
  by Kathleen Norris
• Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explains the Hidden Side of Everything
• Evening Prayer: Purcell Anthems & Sacred Songs
• Faith claims
  by Fred Kniss
• Smoking and sex
• Praying for war's end
• The Good Life
• Celtic Treasure: Daily Scriptures and Prayer
• Off the Map
• Occupational hazards: what went wrong in Iraq
  by Robert Westbrook
• The true and the gray
  by Martin E. Marty
• Mozart: Requiem. Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Concentus Musicus Wien, directed by Nikolaus Harnoncourt
• Catholic bishops again condemn death penalty
  by Kevin Eckstrom
• Daring, Trusting Spirit: Bonhoeffer's Friend Eberhard Bethge
• Totus Tuus: Choral music by Gorecki, Part, Ciurlionis, Kilar, Ramins, Vasks and Schnittke
• Stillborn: Melchior in the nursing home
  by Suzanne Hamilton Free
• 'Open hearts … open doors' motto stays, say Methodists
• Poor taste
• From So Simple a Beginning: The Four Great Books of Charles Darwin
• The Assassination of Richard Nixon
• Common language
• Pope lauds Lutherans, warns of difficulties
• On Beauty
• Crash
• Lamento: solo vocal music associated with the Bach family
• Secret of Nyamirambo
  by L. Gregory Jones
• Much of Jordan River polluted with sewage
  by Michele Chabin
• Looking for an argument
• Poisoned Peace: 1945—The War That Never Ended
• Neoconservative meets neoliberal?
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
• On the Ridge Between Life and Death: A Climbing Life Reexamined
• Bach: Cantatas, volume 8: Warum betrubst du dich, mein Herz?
• Blessing Same-Sex Unions: The Perils of Queer Romance and the Confusions of Christian Marriage
  by Craig L. Nessan
• NCC, interfaith group call torture intolerable
• Sikhs fight discrimination
• Look at Me
• Asian futures
• Wondrous Depth: Preaching The Old Testament
• The Best Day the Worst Day: Life with Jane Kenyon
• Bernard Herrmann: Clarinet quintet "Souvenir de Voyage" and string quartet Echoes
• With or Against the World? America's Role Among the Nations
  by Duane K. Friesen
• Faith leaders press DeLay on tobacco
• River in need of rehab
• Hannah Coulter
• Pickpocket
• Song in the city
  by John M. Buchanan
• Forgetting Pol Pot
  by Paul Jeffrey
• Song of Songs
• Never Let Me Go
• American Ghosts: A Memoir
• Baby, the Rain Must Fall
• Boy soldiers
  by Steve Vineberg
• Advocating religious freedom
• Schoenberg: Gurre-Lieder, oratorio for soloists, five choruses and large orchestra