Maryknoll in ChinaA history of the Maryknoll missions in China. Jean Paul Wiest discusses the progression of the China mission from its inception in 1918 to persecution under the Communist regime in starting in 1949 and its historic consequences. Jean Paul Wiest received his Ph. D. in Chinese History from the University of Washington. He is co editor of The Catholic Church in Modern China (Orbis) and author of many scholarly articles on the history of missions in China

Naim Ateek examines the prospects and problems facing the Palestinian Christian community

"" a relic of a distant time and people

and Culture and The Red Atlantic: American Indigenes and the Making of the Modern World 1000-1927

norms and principles which promote standard of spiritual abundance

and spiritual dynamics (inner healing

and pastoral planning--can be applied to the life and actions of small Christian communities of all stripes

From the seventh century abbess of Chelles

Her cause for sainthood is now underway

Drew University

Richard Rohr explores the meaning of the Incarnation

As Not Counting Women and Children shows

formerly director of the Center of Concern