Volume 50, Number 8
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Cover Story
A defense of the large family by a 'six-time breeder.'
Leslie Leyland Fields
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Principled collaboration by churches is urgently needed to help defeat HIV.
A Christianity Today Editorial
Why has it been so hard for organizations to treat Israel like any other state?
A Christianity Today Editorial
Hindu monarchy abolished; churches can now register.
Anto Akkara in Kathmandu, Nepal
Debate rages even after Senate and House reject federal amendment.
Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra
The intolerance of the tolerant and comments from Frank Page and Bono.
Compiled by Ted Olsen and Rob Moll
Court affirms that Daystar bid should have won TV station.
Brad A. Greenberg
Newdow and InnerChange rejected in court, archeologists debate new find's support of the Bible.
Compiled by CT staff
Large families are a small but growing minority.
Leslie Leyland Fields
'O say can you see ... ' a church where many cultures work together in Christ?
Orlando Crespo
Michael Gerson, recently resigned Bush speechwriter and adviser, on how evangelicals should comport themselves in the public square.
Interview by Collin Hansen
Freedom of conscience and 'reproductive rights' clash at the local drugstore.
Nate Anderson
Controversial decisions at the recent General Convention have accelerated the break-up of the Episcopal Church.
Douglas LeBlanc
A fledgling group in China tries a 'new' strategy to secure human rights.
David Aikman
The finicky femininity of 'Captivating' by John and Stasi Eldredge.
Agnieszka Tennant
Psychotherapy that uses Scripture without ignoring science.
Reviewed by Robertson McQuilkin
Contemporary African Christologies are rich and varied.
Reviewed by Mark Noll
Two historians tell why Christian thought went AWOL during the civil war.
Reviewed by Elesha Coffman
Morality and religion from Edmund Burke to Lionel Trilling.
Reviewed by John Wilson
Ravi Zacharias defends Christianity using the narrative of his life.
Reviewed by J. P. Moreland
This collaboration between Frank Peretti and Ted Dekker is a thrilling disappointment.
Reviewed by Bob Smietana
Ruling imperils faith-based programs around the country.
Charles Colson with Anne Morse