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Volume 48
September (Web-only), 2004 |
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Books & Culture Corner: After Worldview?
A lively conference offers a state-of-the-art assessment of the concept of worldview, with both advocates and dissenters represented.
By John Wilson
Books & Culture Corner: The Poet Who Remembered
Poland (mostly) honors Czeslaw Milosz upon his death.
By Agnieszka Tennant
Books & Culture's Book of the Week: A Forgotten Founder's Fatherhood
Race, nature, and patriarchy meet in Rhys Isaac's biography of early American diarist Landon Carter.
By Albert Louis Zambone
Books & Culture's Book of the Week: The Great American Hustle
The first volume of an ambitious new history of America highlights the engine of worldly ideals—and the role of evangelical religion in creating a distinctive American identity.
Reviewed by Albert Keith Whitaker
Bush's Code Cracked
A University of Chicago professor says he's figured out how the president is winning evangelicals' support. He's only partly right.
By Ted Olsen
Christian History Corner: Getting the Word Out
An exhibit at the Huntington Library shows how Bibles big and small gave power to the people
By David Neff
Christian History Corner: Romanticism Gone to Seed—Part II
Have the holiness and Pentecostal movements really been hyper-vertical and anti-domestic?
By Chris Armstrong
Christian History Corner: The Roots of Pentecostal Scandal—Romanticism Gone to Seed
The sexual stumblings of prominent ministers point to a hidden flaw in Pentecostal spirituality.
By Chris Armstrong
Christian History Corner: Think TV
A PBS special personalizes the questions of God, morality, miracles, and the afterlife in the lives of C. S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud.
By David Neff
Ethics Cloud Hangs Over DeLay Campaign
Bribery allegations give challenger hope to oust Washington's third most powerful man.
by Sheryl Henderson Blunt
Evangelicals' Conflicting Interests in Fighting Persecution
It took more than a concern for human rights to motivate churches' and ministries' powerful grassroots.
An excerpt from Freeing God's Children by Allen D. Hertzke
Faith Groups Turn Out the Vote for Both Candidates
Focus on the Family and Redeem the Vote focus on young evangelicals.
By Daniel Burke, Religion News Service
Film Forum: A Formula Thriller, a Lousy Sequel, a Remake, and a Revision
Christian film critics review Cellular, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Criminal, and THX 1138: The Director's Cut, What the #$*! Do We Know? Plus: Mean Creek, Paparazzi, Vanity Fair and The Cookout.
by Jeffrey Overstreet
Film Forum: A Mother Tries to Prove that Her Son Exists
Critics mull over The Forgotten, Shaun of the Dead, First Daughter, and the 10th anniversary of The Shawshank Redemption. Plus: More reviews of Sky Captain, Silver City, Mean Creek, and the new Star Wars DVD package.
by Jeffrey Overstreet
Film Forum: Hero Draws High Praise
Hero's a hit with audiences and critics. Religious press critics review Vanity Fair, Suspect Zero, Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid, and Super Babies: Baby Geniuses 2, plus more reviews of Open Water, Exorcist: The Beginning, She Hate Me, Without a Paddle, The Story of the Weeping Camel, The Corporation, De-Lovely, and Garden State.
by Jeffrey Overstreet
Film Forum: Mel Gibson Produces "Immoral" Film
Paparazzi makes a hero out of a photographer-killer. Plus: Vanity Fair, Wicker Park, Danny Deckchair, The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi, The Cookout, and more reviews of Hero and Before Sunset.
by Jeffrey Overstreet
Film Forum: Nostalgia for Tomorrow's Simple Fun
Christian film critics review Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Mr. 3000 and Wimbledon. Plus: Silver City, A Dirty Shame, Cellular, What the Bleep Do We Know?, a philosophical look at The Passion, Disney's new video The Three Musketeers, and Star Wars creator George Lucas's stubborn artistic pride.
by Peter T. Chattaway
State Department Adds Saudi Arabia to 'Worst of Worst' Persecutors List
Eritrea and Vietnam also added as countries of particular concern after years of pressure.
By Kevin Eckstrom, Religion News Service
Weblog: LA Times Digs Deeper into TBN's Prosperity Gospel Message
Plus: Swaggart promises to kill gay suitors, another Catholic diocese files for bankruptcy, and many other stories from sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen
Weblog: National Geographic Suggests Noah's Ark Expedition Was Just a Stunt
Plus: Deal Hudson ousted as Crisis editor amid new allegations, Paul Crouch's accuser speaks, Swaggart apologizes, CARE Act gets final push, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen
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