World & Nation
In a preface to a book of critical essays, the poet W. H.
Aug. 13, 1989
Books
As Americans wrestle with whether to forgive or condemn the adulterous Clinton, they are influenced by two Protestant traditions that trace to Colonial days.
Oct. 2, 1998
Archives
* A Southland Assemblies of God minister is shepherding efforts to help make the long-overlooked churches a social force.
June 16, 2001
The chief executive of American Baptist Churches says mainline Protestantism is suffering from an “ecclesiastical malaise” that “touches almost every point in our denominational and ecumenical life.”
March 4, 1989
California
Victor Castro is talking about his past sins, his Catholic education and how, after a loyal but unexamined allegiance to that church, he left it to find his faith.
Jan. 1, 1995
In his introduction to “Tongues of Fire,” David Martin, a professor of sociology at the London School of Economics, promises not to write like a sociologist.
April 15, 1990
G nostic has become a fashionable tag.
Feb. 22, 1987
Vietnam has handed jail sentences ranging from 18 to 30 months to nine members of a banned Christian group it accused of actions against the state, including sabotaging national unity, state media has reported.
July 5, 2003
Leaders of evangelical Protestantism, who rarely speak with one voice, have issued a joint statement of doctrine reaffirming the evangelical belief that Jesus Christ “is the only way of salvation.”
June 12, 1999
France marked the 300th anniversary Thursday of what is now regarded as a shameful act in French history--a decree by King Louis XIV that outlawed the Protestant religion and drove several hundred thousand Protestants out of France.
Oct. 18, 1985