Vol. 124 •
January 1997
• No. 2
Correspondence On gender and religion, different takes
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Editorials Bad karma
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Et cetcras Neighborhood saints
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Et cetcras Good questions
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Et cetcras Research news
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Et cetcras Reading Balasuriya
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Two churches Our columnist sees an unbridged gap between a la carte and fixed-menu Catholicism
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McCarthy, Abigail
Relativism in perspective Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was recently reappointed for another term as head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith He is a busy man, in absolute terms, and now hopes to inoculate us against an epidemic of relativism
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Clooney, Francis X
ISLAM & CHRISTIANITY FACE TO FACE Muslims remember the Crusades and the era of colonialism Christians focus on the threat of fanatical factions within Islam To deal with today's political realities, both sides need to reflect on their own histories
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Esposito, John L
FRANCE & ALGERIA
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Prusak, Bernard G
THE PILLARS OF ISLAMIC FAITH
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Burrell, David B
A TALE OF TWO PRELATES
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O'Grady, Desmond
REMEMBERING THE MARTYRS
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Dardess, George
Is There a God? by Richard Swinburne
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Egan, Robert J
God Has Ninety-Nine Names
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Fischel, Judith Miller,Jack
THE LAST WORD Amen! In sh' Allah! One monk's last testament on the possibility of martyrdom and the forgiveness of his murderer Christian de Cherge
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