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essays
Lutheranism and the Future of the University
Mark R. Schwehn
Faking It
Fact and Fiction in the Presentation of the Past
Lisa Deam
Our Cylons, Ourselves
Christina Bieber Lake

 

in luce tua
Hope in the Darkness
James Paul Old

 

public affairs
citizenship: Click
David Lott
nation: The Christ of Culture and the ELCA
Robert Benne
pop culture: Why God Loves the Blues,
Part I
Christian Scharen

 

literature and the arts
film: The Wounded Healer
Crystal Downing
rereading old books: Summer's Last Stand
Rediscovering William Dean Howells
Harold K. Bush Jr.
music: Elvis's Hand in Yours
J. D. Buhl

 

religion
pulpit and pew: Herding Cats
An Interfaith Adventure
Thomas C. Willadsen
being lutheran: Engaged Lutheranism
Joel Kurz
life together: Good News from Nicaragua
Ron Rivera, in memoriam
Richard M. Chapman

 

verse
Histories
Christine Perrin
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Simon Perchik
You'll Know the Truth
Charles R. Strietelmeier
Illusa's Stone
Christine Perrin
On Justice in America
Dorothea Kewley
The Potter's Revolution
John Dreyer
Alzheimer Lady
Marion Schoeberlein
Forecast
Jeanne Murray Walker

 

books
How to Talk about Books You Haven't Read
  by Pierre Bayard
Jerry Pattengale
The Rhetoric of Certitude:
C. S. Lewis's Nonfiction Prose
  by Gary L. Tandy
James P. Beasley
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