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Bosnia’s invisible war

A relief convoy carrying church aid finds determination amid destruction in a forgotten corner of former Yugoslavia — September, 1996

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Caught in the nuclear shadow

The nuclear threat never went away. We just stopped being afraid. — September 1997

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East Germany

A revolution lit by candles — October 1990

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Troubles in mind

The sectarian conflict between Northern Ireland's Catholic nationalists and Protestant unionists is a state of mind as well as a state of civil unrest — August 1994

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Piety and politics: The American way

In the pulpit, pew or presidential office, Americans mix their religion and politics with a practised and unrepentant hand — October 1988

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Cuba’s paradox and passages

An island enigma, Cuba bewilders and beguiles. And somehow, it perseveres.

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To the ends of the Earth

Travelling to the North and South poles brings moments of redemption amid overwhelming evidence of a planet in peril — April 2011

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What if we start creating life?

Christians ought to face the prospect now and prepare to love the test-tube baby

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Preacher president

Those who study oratory hear the power of the pulpit in Barack Obama's cadence

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Here’s who Joe Clark really is

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Seeing the Dead Sea Scrolls

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100 Huntley Street

Its aim is saving souls – on daytime television — September 1977

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Draft dodgers

If the church is to have prophets it should be prepared for unpopular prophesying

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Plain-speaking his faith

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Nobody’s hometown

— January 1978

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Segregation in the South

Black Americans have passed a point of no return in their non-violent struggle against oppression — February 1958

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