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April/May 2005

Albert J. Raboteau on Religion in American political and public life, Lew Daly on Bush’s faith-based initiative, Mike Gecan on Democrats’ perceived contempt for religion, Ari Lipman and Gary B. Nash on the dominance of evangelical Protestantism.

Adrienne Rich on June Jordan; Vivian Gornick on J. Robert Oppenheimer and Edward Teller; Poet’s Sampler from Dorothea Lasky; the winner of the 12th annual short story contest, Lisa Chipongian.

Forum

The Believers

American Salvation

THE PLACE OF CHRISTIANITY IN PUBLIC LIFE
ALBERT J. RABOTEAU

Compassion Capital

BUSH’S FAITH-BASED INTIATIVE IS BIGGER THAN YOU THINK
LEW DALY

Taking Faith Seriously

CONTEMPT FOR RELIGION COSTS DEMOCRATS MORE THAN VOTES
MIKE GECAN

Losing Faith

THE DEMOCRATS CALLED, BUT THEY DIDN’T CALL BACK
ARI LIPMAN

Christ’s Militia

HOW EVANGELICAL PROTESTANTISM CAME TO DOMINATE AMERICAN RELIGION
GARY B. NASH

Essays

Is Snow White?

And other questions about reality and appearance
Alex Byrne

Hizbullah’s New Face

In search of a Muslim democracy
Helena Cobban

Robert Capa’s Hope

Capturing the good fight

Susie Linfield

Creator and Destroyer

A rivalry to end the world

Vivian Gornick

Fiction

Intramuros

Winner of the 12th annual short story contest
Lisa Chipongian

The Mark of Exile

On writing The Cigar Roller

Pablo Medina

On Film

Redeeming Shylock

Michael Radford’s The Merchant of Venice

Alan A. Stone

On Poetry

The Witness Takes a Stand

Remembering June Jordan

Adrienne Rich

Book of Storms

W.S. Graham’s New Collected Poems

Brian Kim Stefans

A State of Emergency

Jorie Graham’s Overlord

Calvin Bedient

Microreviews

Poems

Poet’s Sampler

Introduced by Joshua Beckman

Dorothea Lasky

The Premises of Grass

Eugene Ostashevsky

The Origin of the Specious

Eugene Ostashevsky

Pride

Sally Dawidoff

Underground Mausoleum

Kevin Prufer

RSVP

Debbie Kuan

The Ill-Tempered Clavier

Benjamin Paloff

Civic Pride

Sarah Manguso

Testament

Gustaf Sobin

from A Palace of Pearls

Jane Miller

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