September 12, 1997 Issue, COMMONWEAL

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- Correspondence, pp. 2-4
- Editorial, pp. 5-6
  Indefensible
- Suffering & God's love
  John Garvey
  , p. 7
- Affirmative action
  E.J. Dionne
  , p. 8
- A new American tribe
  Peter Feuerherd
  , p. 9
- A church that votes
  Antonio Ramirez
  , pp. 10-11
- Half a loaf
  Jon Nilson
  , p. 12
- Forgiving the Unforgivable
  Frank Ferrari
  , pp. 13-15
  Interview with Desmond Tutu
- Twelve years Old in Bangkok
  Norrie Blanquart
  , pp. 16-17
- Half-way to Healing
  Harvey Fireside
  , p. 18
- War & Remembrance
  A.J. Bacevich
  , pp. 19-20
- The Laity
  Eugene McCarraher
  , pp. 21-24
  Smile, When You Say 'Laity'
- Orphans, p. 25
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  Screen: Melodramas That Work (2 Reviews)
  Richard Alleva
  , pp. 26-27
  Ulee's Gold (1997 Film), by Victor Nunez
  1. Ulee's Gold (1997 Film) by Victor Nunez
  2. Mrs. Brown (1997 Film) by John Madden
- Stage
  Celia Wren
  , pp. 28-29
  Woza Afrika!
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  Where we are, how we got here (Review)
  John T. McGreevy
  , pp. 30-31
  American Catholic, by Charles R. Morris
  1. American Catholic by Charles R. Morris
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  Can We Really Be Colorblind? (Review)
  Don Wycliff
  , pp. 32-33
  Liberal Racism, by Jim Sleeper
  1. Liberal Racism by Jim Sleeper
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  Missing Person (Review)
  Joseph A. Komonchak
  , pp. 34-35
  Heart of the World, Center of the Church, by David L. Schindler
  1. Heart of the World, Center of the Church by David L. Schindler
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  Five Volumes & Counting (2 Reviews)
  Bernard G. Prusak
  , pp. 36-37
  Striving Towards Being, by Robert Faggen, Thomas Merton, and Czeslaw Milosz, ...
  1. Striving Towards Being by Robert Faggen, Thomas Merton, and Czeslaw Milosz, ...
  2. The Journals of Thomas Merton by Patrick Hart, Jonathan Montaldo, and Lawrence S. Cunningham, ...
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  Stories from Next Door (2 Reviews)
  Jacqueline Dowdell
  , pp. 38-39
  You're so Beautiful, by Eileen FitzGerald
  1. You're so Beautiful by Eileen FitzGerald
  2. Normal by Lucia Nevai
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  Religion booknotes (6 Reviews)
  Lawrence S. Cunningham
  , pp. 40-46
  A History of Christianity, by Owen Chadwick
  1. A History of Christianity by Owen Chadwick
  2. Jesus Christ by Adrian Walker
  3. The Reformation of the Bible by Jaroslav Pelikan
  4. Naming Grace by Mary Catherine Hilkert
  5. The Wilderness of God by Andrew Louth
  6. Facing East by Frederica Mathewes-Green
- The peasant who defied Hitler
  Gordon C. Zahn
  , pp. 47-48
- Cover Illustration
  Emil Antonucci