Volume 46, Number 3
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Cover Story
"Top communists, despite their denials, endorse arrest and torture of Chinese Christians by the thousands."
Tony Carnes
More from this Issue
Gender-accurate language? Text notes? How about Bibles with supermodels and superheroes?
Ted Olsen
Air Force officer fights rule requiring her to wear Muslim covering.
Sheryl Henderson Blunt
Mediation may help in determining financial liability in Canadian abuse cases.
Religion News Service
Society of Christian Ethics gives cautious support to military effort.
Religion News Service and staff reports
Wisconsin vows to appeal setback of Bush-supported initiative.
Chuck Fager
Federal appeals court reinstates Victoria Leyva's religious discrimination suit.
LaTonya Taylor
Men's prayer group for Burnhams perseveres six days a week.
Corrie Cutrer
Christian relief groups step up to help destitute Afghans in remote camps.
Kristian Kahrs
Pakistan scraps system in which religious minorities could only vote for candidates of their own faith.
Ecumenical News International
"Central Asian countries experienced freedom, growth, repression, and now uncertainty."
Stan Guthrie
All indications say the hostages are still being held captive in the jungles of Basilan Island.
Anil Stephen
A special committee debates whether the new structure would overwhelm the adjacent church site.
Religion News Service
"Stand up, stand up for Jesus at civic events."
A Christianity Today Editorial
Americans will surrender their constitutional values if nobody acts to expand Charitable Choice.
A Christianity Today Editorial
The New York archive of religious persecution in China contains numerous government documents that show how the government controls religion.
Tony Carnes
Tortured to the point of death
From the Committee for Investigation on Persecution of Religion in China
Beaten for Hosting Bible Studies.
From the Committee for Investigation on Persecution of Religion in China
Surviving on tiger's diarrhea.
From the Committee for Investigation on Persecution of Religion in China
How a bitter atheist helped besieged Christians—and became a believer.
Tony Carnes
"A look at the history of two Kentucky seminaries—one liberal, one evangelical—shows how evangelicals won the Protestant mainstream."
William 'Beau' Weston
"A plea from a Christian husband and father who, day by day, resists his homosexual desires."
Anonymous
W.A. Criswell showed remarkable openness and flexibility when these traits were rare among evangelicals.
Timothy George
Two models of marriage claim biblical warrant and vie for evangelicals' allegiance. Advocates of both claim good results. But do we have to choose?
Agnieszka Tennant
"When it comes to gender roles, CT readers oscillate between complementarian and egalitarian ideas."
Agnieszka Tennant
The man who altered the course of black Baptist history finally has his say.
Edward Gilbreath
Quotations to stir the heart and mind at Easter.
Compiled by Richard A. Kauffman
This enduring American slang leaves plenty out in the cold.
Andy Crouch
A survey of labels finds the message—if not the creativity—is intact.
Beau Black
Historian Grant Wacker explains why Pentecostals survived and even flourished.
Edward J. Gitre