August 2004

Cover Story

Democracy in the Balance

How do we nurture the healing side of religion over the killing side? How do we protect the soul of democracy against bad theology in service of an imperial state?

Bill Moyers

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Web Exclusive! Full Transcript of Bill Moyers' Speech at Pentecost 2004

Bill Moyer's Keynote Address

Bill Moyers

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Feature

Singing to Freedom

Song leader and scholar Bernice Johnson Reagon on what music teaches us about democracy, leadership, and the meaning of 'we.'

Vincent G. Harding, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Rachel E. Harding

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Color Lines and Party Lines

Race and politics in 2004.

Danny Duncan Collum

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Ordinary Virtue

It's not that we have so little power, it's that we don't use the power we have.

Danusha Veronica Goska

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The New 'New South'

Latin American immigrants are changing the U.S. political landscape.

Jorge Mariscal

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Commentary

End-of-Life Ethics

What is 'artificial means' and what is nonnegotiable humane care?

Julie Polter

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Ethnic Cleansing in Sudan

What part of 'never again' do we not understand?

Elizabeth Palmberg

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Reagan's Legacy

On mourning in America.

Jim Rice

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Columns

Squish. (Ugh.)

It's that special season again.

Ed Spivey Jr.

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Eucharist in an Election Year

What is hiding behind the flag of 'moral decency'?

Rose Marie Berger

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The Theology of Torture

Fallible creatures are not to be trusted with empire.

Jim Wallis

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Give Me Tortillas or Give Me Death

Revolutionary ideology is no match for rice and beans.

David Batstone

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Culture Watch

Ascents and Descents

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Jo Ann Heydron

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New and Noteworthy

Four August 2004 culture recommendations from our editors

Molly Marsh

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Hymns to Hard Times

If you'If you've heard her radio single "Come to

J. James DeConto

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What I Learned from Sex and the City

Seeking a spirituality of the body.

Lilian Calles Barger

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The Modern Woman Priest

Joy Carroll Wallis

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In Iraq, the Truth is Out There

Throughout the first year of the Iraq war,

Danny Duncan Collum

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Departments

Finding a Third Way

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Bill Oehlkers

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Cure Worse than Cause?

Corrections Corporation of America,

Rose Marie Berger, Brian Bolton

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Inside Story

Our cover feature by veteran journalist Bill Moyers is an adaptation of the keynote speech he delivered to a standing-room-only crowd at Call to Renewal's Pentecost 2004 event.

The Editors

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