September October 2008 Table of Contents 
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Departments
Editorials
It isn’t a fact of nature, but a product of human choices. How we got here—and what we can do about it
Election 2008—Why Is It So Close?
Because racism is still alive in our society
Letters to the Candidates
by
Rabbi Michael Lerner
“The Contrarian” George Vradenburg
Evangelical Education Expert Rev. Tony Campolo
Tikkun Associate Editor Peter Gabel
Christian Theologian Obery M. Hendricks
Public Policy Institute Director Timothy A. Kelly
Evangelical College Professor Glen Stassen
American Muslim Author Eboo Patel
Politics and Society
Everybody has a Name by Donna Schaper
A minister mourns a marine who died in Iraq
A Feminist Rabbi’s Journey to Iran by Lynn Gottlieb
Unexpected revelations of what we hold in common
Afghan Women Find a Partner for Justice by Wil Morat
The little-known Afghan men who are fighting for women’s rights
Palestinian Activist for Nonviolence: An Interview with Sami Awad
A West Bank activist talks straight to the difficult issues facing nonviolence in Palestine
Fear and Nonviolence: China and Tibet by Robert Thurman
Helping Tibet means being a strong friend to China—The Dalai Lama wants an accommodation with, not a separation from, China.
Torturing Our History by Gary Kowalski
Our country’s leaders have moved far away from the founding fathers’ practiced opposition to torture
The Voice of God vs. the Voice of Pain
Julie Oxenberg talks with Michael Lerner about Jewish History, Israel-Palestine, and the Psychodynamics of Healing
Information Age Populism by Harry C. Boyte
The new populism of civic agency might shape politics in the next decade
A Jewish Approach to Conflict Resolution: Mussar Part II by Leonard Felder
Creating spaces for compassion between unlikely parties
Rethinking Religion
Catholicism
Labor Day Sermon by Tom Cornell
Remember our heroes; they struggled for us
Judaism
Coming Out (Again) by Idit Klein
Welcome is quite different from tolerance
Approaching Harvest: A Sukkot Meditation by Dan Goldblatt
A harvest-time ritual connects us to life
2008—A Year to Remember Gedaliah by Everett Gendler
Nonviolence is not a recent concept. Notes on the least observed fast day of the Jewish year, and its contemporary political and spiritual relevance
Culture
Books
A Persistent Peace: One Man’s Struggle for a Nonviolent World by John Dear
Review by Ken Butigan
What Liberals Missed
The Party Faithful: How and Why Democrats Are Closing the God Gap by Amy Sullivan
Review by Dave Belden
Poetry
L’Shana Tova (Haiku for David Shapiro)
by David Lehman
Humor
Dear Swami—Time to Declare Independence and Interdependence
by Swami Beyondananda
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