Volume 45, Number 11
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Cover Story
Many Christians say they are in need of deliverance but some may be giving demons more than their due
Agnieszka Tennant
More from this Issue
Bush decision pleases some, keeps door open for disputed research
Sheryl Henderson
Prospects for faith-based initiatives bill remain cloudy in Senate
Stan Guthrie
Scientists say they'll go ahead anyway.
Sheryl Henderson Blunt
A judicial ruling limiting damages seems to be their last hope
Debra Fieguth
Law explicitly allows student prayer at beginning of school day
Stan Guthrie
Suits and countersuits entangle Maryland Episcopal church
Religion News Service
Counterboycotts follow boycotts over portal's porn sites
John W. Kennedy
Stockwell Day's Canadian Alliance party woes seen as leadership issue, not religious
Debra Fieguth
Christian families devastated since Shari'ah law adopted
Obed Minchakpu
Alex Buchan
Jordanian school was closed two years ago with orders to re-register
Compass Direct
Greek Orthodox Church fights plan to remove religion designation on identity cards
Peter P. Moschovis
New Zealand considers decriminalizing prostitution
Dave Crampton
President Bush's stem-cell decision is better than the fatal cure many sought
A Christianity Today Editorial
In maintaining integrity, Salvationists got the Boy Scout treatment
Christianity Today Editorial
An interview with Michael W. Cuneo, author of American Exorcism: Expelling Demons in the Land of Plenty
Agnieszka Tennant
Satanic ritual abuse is often hard to prove, but it may not matter
Agnieszka Tennant
G.K. Chesterton propounded the Christian faith with great wit—and sheer intellectual force.
An exclusive excerpt from Philip Yancey's new book, Soul Survivor: How My Faith Survived the Church.
Caught between rebels, paramilitaries, and crop-dusters, peacemaking Christians put their lives on the line in violent Colombia
David Miller
Two new books on the world's religions raise new possibilities, and new questions, for evangelicals
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
Even when they're writing fiction, these Hollywood insiders bring the truth to bear
Marshall Allen
Act One prepares Christian screenwriters to write Hollywood blockbusters
Marshall Allen
Debates on the Ten Commandments expose our culture's ultimate rift
Stephen L. Carter
Let's shock the world by reversing our apathy toward African sufferers
Richard E. Stearns
What apologetics should look like in a skeptical age
Andy Crouch
PBS's Evolution strives for enlightenment but achieves only indoctrination
Tom Bethell
The digital revolution created many wealthy tech-heads. What do they do now?
Jeremy Lott
We should serve the needy even when it has bad political consequences
Philip Yancey