Letters

In Sickness and in Health
The past and future of Christian Science
Jana Riess

Christian Science: Sect Polishes Image
by Mark A. Kellner

'Termites to National Security'
Nationwide campaign launched against house churches.
By Tony Carnes

Doctrinal Aftershocks
Worldwide Church of God seeks a new start in the face of fresh opposition
Marshall Allen

Church Sells Armstrong's Works
Nineteen books by founder sold to Worldwide Church of God splinter group
Marshall Allen

NEWS BRIEFS

'Cult' Report Legally Worthless
Courts cannot use the 1996 document in decisions.
Jonathan Hanley

"Watchtower Ousts Victims, Whistle-Blowers"
Jehovah's Witness members allege sect policy protected child molesters
Stan Guthrie

Witnesses Accused of Failing to Report Abuse
Two sisters are suing Watchtower Bible and Tract Society over policy to keep suspicions of sexual crime within the church
Corrie Cutrer

Weblog: Korean and Iraqi Christians Killed in Iraq
Plus: Utah court throws out ethnicity-religion limit, the sexed up new Bible translation, D.C. hearings on same-sex marriage, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: Spirit in the Sky?
Mother of the child in Pledge of Allegiance case speaks out
Todd Hertz

Weblog: The Burnhams, One Year and Counting
: The Moonie Times, Christian home schooling's win and loss, and other stories from online sources from around the world.
Ted Olsen

They Leave It, But They Can't Leave It Alone
The memoir of a disaffected Mormon.
Robert L. Millet

Believing History
An exchange featuring Bruce Kuklick, Mark Noll, and Richard Bushman

Weblog: Ravi Zacharias, Rich Mouw Speak in Mormon Tabernacle
Plus: Couple attempts to sacrifice children at church altar, the new head of the Catholic bishops' conference, a focus on Dobson, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

The Setting of the Age of Aquarius
"Remember the New Age movement? Now, even the New Agers want out"
Ted Olsen

"Weblog: Meet Rowan Williams, the Next Archbishop of Canterbury"
"More on The View's bleeping Jesus, the end of the New Age, and other stories from online sources around the world."
Ted Olsen

Oprah's Gurus
"Four popular New Age voices featured on Winfrey's television show and in her magazine, O."
LaTonya Taylor

A Christian Harry Potter?
Shadowmancer, Britain's hit fantasy novel, conjures darkness so the light will shine brighter.
Reviewed by Greg Taylor

"At No Time Conspicuous, as a Party, for Talent or Learning"
Newman and evangelicalism.
Grayson Carter

Hallowed Haunts
"Church organs, Hell House, and The Blair Witch Project in the news"
Ted Olsen

Human Sacrifice Redux
How the church battles deadly prophets in its midst.
By Obed Minchakpu in Jos

Invitation to Paganism
The Vanishing Word laments the loss of the logos.
Reviewed by Cindy Crosby

Weblog: The Evangelical Voting Gap
Plus: Bishop responds to pagan priests story, Godless EU constitution signed, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

"At No Time Conspicuous, as a Party, for Talent or Learning"
Newman and evangelicalism.
Grayson Carter

Weblog: Satanism, Sans Satan
None injured in new Pakistan church bombing, and other stories from online sources from around the world
Ted Olsen

Bring on the Pentagrams
Schools wrestle with religious freedom in the classroom.
Ted Olsen

Weblog: Judge Orders Scientology Critic to Pay Church $500,000
Plus: Remembering the sack of Constantinople, criminal evangelistic strategies, Heather Mercer heads to Iraq, The Passion soundtrack goes gold, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Weblog: Voting God's Way?
Plus: More spiritual-lite TV, religious school bonds, and Scientology unplugged.
Compiled by Jody Veenker

Building Scientopolis
How Scientology remade Clearwater, Florida—and what local Christians learned in the process.
By Jody Veenker with additional reporting by Steve Rabey | posted 9/8/00

Weblog: Spirit in the Sky?
Mother of the child in Pledge of Allegiance case speaks out
Todd Hertz

Weblog: The Burnhams, One Year and Counting
: The Moonie Times, Christian home schooling's win and loss, and other stories from online sources from around the world.
Ted Olsen

In Perspective: Why Are Pastors Flying to Moon?
Recent black clergy firings are only the latest chapter in Unification Church's efforts to court Christian leaders
Todd Hertz

Weblog: Episcopal Priests Repent of Druidism
Plus: The shortest political honeymoon ever, Bush on America's religious divide, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Second-Best Kid Lit Ever
John Granger considers the Potter series the best thing since The Chronicles of Narnia.
Reviewed by Douglas LeBlanc

Weblog: Britain Starts Cloning
Plus: Who's going to New York, the next big movie controversy, the fundamentalist press, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

Doctrinal Aftershocks
Worldwide Church of God seeks a new start in the face of fresh opposition
Marshall Allen

Church Sells Armstrong's Works
Nineteen books by founder sold to Worldwide Church of God splinter group
Marshall Allen

"Weblog: Tim LaHaye Loses Left Behind Lawsuit, Worldwide Church of God Settles"
"Supreme Court considers sodomy law, and other sources from online sources around the world"
Ted Olsen