Volume 53, Number 7
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Cover Story
The Communist island's improbable revival is 15 years old and growing stronger.
Jeremy Weber
More from this Issue
Facing lawsuits and an FBI probe, Angel Food's story bears warnings about family-run mega-ministries.
Christopher Quinn
Orissa Christians breathe easier after election defeat of Hindu extremists.
Compass Direct News
Investigation links Malatya murders to cabal of generals, politicians.
Damaris Kremida
Youth Specialties refocuses training events after pushback.
Bobby Ross Jr.
Recent remarks on Sonia Sotomayor, whether waterboarding is torture, and other news developments.
Compiled by Ted Olsen
Pro-life advocates wonder whether doctor's murder will reshape debate.
Ted Olsen
The son of a famous evangelist tells CT why he left The Hour of Power.
Interview by Sarah Pulliam
Habitat for Humanity receives a $100 million donation, Asbury Theological Seminary lays off 16 employees, and other recent news.
African churches seek a better response to polygamy than in years past as western churches address new same-sex marriages.
Susan Wunderink
Nationwide job shortage pushes limits of resettlement system.
C. L. Lopez
We can be 'speciesists' and show compassion for animals.
A Christianity Today Editorial
What the battle for traditional marriage means for Americans—and evangelicals.
Mark Galli
George Whitefield's tomb is attracting a brisk flow of visitors. Just don't make a big deal about it.
G. Jeffrey MacDonald
Historian Mark Noll talks about how U.S. missionaries have—and have not—shaped the faith in other nations.
Interview by David Neff
Rethinking the image of God helped me to decide.
Brandon O'Brien
One Baptist college's social (and evangelistic) experiment in having Muslim students on campus.
Gregg Chenoweth and Caleb Benoit
Many vets are ambushed by post-traumatic stress disorder. But some churches are coming to their defense.
Jocelyn Green
Or, how not to be a deadbeat son or daughter.
Mollie Ziegler Hemingway
A recent survey reveals what Muslims detest most about the West.
Dinesh D'Souza
Short reviews of Jericho's Fall, Religion in the National Agenda, and Naming Infinity.
John Wilson
Robert Wright thinks God is okay, as long as he behaves like a secular humanist.
Dinesh D'Souza
When the 'true love waits' pledge card has worn off.
Marcy Hintz
Why the conservative movement is a model of democratic values.
Interview by Sarah Pulliam
Aaron Strumpel returns human struggle to the Psalms.
Andy Whitman
Short reviews of new albums by Jars of Clay, Phillip LaRue, and Billy Ray Cyrus.
Opening our blinds to the prevailing wonder of creation.
Philip Yancey