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LETTERS THE CONTRARIAN: Capitalism - Change It or Tame It? EditorialsJust Say “NO” to the War in Afghanistan by Michael Lerner
Obama is not considering the only viable approach to this war. Implement Goldstone’s Recommendations to the UN about the Gaza War
by Michael Lerner
A lifelong, passionate Zionist has produced a decent report.
Democrats’ Attacks on Goldstone by Stephen Zunes
Their attacks-all bluster and no substance-will not help Israel.
This Holiday Season Politics and Society FEATURE ARTICLESRoadmap to a New Economics: Beyond Capitalism and Socialism by RIANE EISLER
Economics as if women, men, children, and their future actually mattered.
The Long Path Out of Denial:
Zionism, Heartache, and a New Vision of Israel and Palestine by KIM CHERNIN
How a "naive Zionist" took in the narrative and emotion of the Palestinian point of view. * * * Health Reform: Where Obama Went Wrong by LEONARD RODBERG
The Democrats claim to be "building on what works" with their proposed health reforms. But does the private system really work for people who need care?
The Yes Men Fix the World - Review by MICHAEL LERNER
Two cultural "terrorists" share why they love striking fear in the hearts of corporate leaders and explain how they do it.
Free Speech or Fee Speech: Progress in Latin America; Confusion in the United States by ALLEN D. KANNER
Fed up with commercial media? Look south for new solutions.
The Awe-Based Challenge to Positive Psychology by KIRK J. SCHNEIDER
Don't settle for palliatives. Experience the full depth, pain, and glory of life.
For An Alternative Holiday Season
In our November/December issue, we present approaches to celebrating Chanukah and Christmas that turn away from consumerism and toward the revolutionary potential of these holidays. Our guide to these holidays contains some beautiful paintings, so we'd like to share the fully illustrated version with you.
Rethinking Religion Society as the Subject of Redemption: The Relevance of the Social Gospel
by GARY DORRIEN
The Social Gospel has changed the world, and it's not done yet.
King’s God: The Unknown Faith of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
by ROBERT JAMES “BE” SCOFIELD
Few people know just how fully King rejected traditional views of Jesus and God.
Subversive Bible Study: A Review of Reuven Kimelman’s Audio Coursebook
by DAVID ELCOTT
No Bible story or quote has just one meaning. The Bible is complicated!
Abraham Joshua Heschel’s Thesis on the Unity of Jewish Theology
by REUVEN KIMELMAN
If Heschel is right, the diverse Jewish traditions are not so contradictory after all.
Prayer and Nonduality by JAY MICHAELSON
The secrets of the mystics aren't so secret anymore.
Culture
BOOKSLate Love
Blood Honey by Chana Bloch
Review by SIDRA DEKOVEN EZRAHI Children of Israel?
The Invention of the Jewish People by Shlomo Sand,
translated by Yael Lotan
Review by TZVI MARX Plumbing the Psychological Depths of Humanity
The Murmuring Deep: Reflections on the Biblical Unconscious
by Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg
Review by DAVID SHASHA How to Heal
Beyond Evidence-Based Psychotherapy by George Rosenfeld
Review by ROBERT L. WEISMAN FILMPolitical Pictures
The Informant!
District 9
Review by DAVID STERRITT HUMOR Dear Swami
Where Swami answers your questions and you will question his answers.
by SWAMI BEYONDANANDA
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