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Confounder of the wise

Cover Story | Even the Smithsonian can't figure him out: Meet Howard Finster-country preacher, MTV illustrator, prophet of repentance, commercial success, apocalyptic visionary, and toast of the New York art world-an unusual man who, at 79, is the most widely exhibited living American artist.

[http://www.worldmag.com/1996/04/confounder_of_the_wise]

In this issue: "Finster's unusual art," April 27, 1996

Features

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Till no-fault us do part

by Roy Maynard

National |  State efforts may give U.S. a trial separation from no-fault

[http://www.worldmag.com/1996/04/till_no_fault_us_do_part]

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African meltdown

by Mindy Belz

International |  Liberia's civil strife strafes American relief workers

[http://www.worldmag.com/1996/04/african_meltdown]

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The road to Damascus?

National |  Long written off as a cult, WCG takes an evangelical step

[http://www.worldmag.com/1996/04/the_road_to_damascus]

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It begins in the pulpit

by Joel Belz

National |  D. James Kennedy: Evangelism Explosion, political explosion

[http://www.worldmag.com/1996/04/it_begins_in_the_pulpit]

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Around the filibuster

by Cal Thomas

National |  Probe resumes despite all the president's bail bondsmen

[http://www.worldmag.com/1996/04/around_the_filibuster]

Dispatches

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Quotables

Well, my view is I'm not going to make character an issue. I mean, I think character will be an issue, it always is, when it's my character, his character,

[http://www.worldmag.com/1996/04/quotables_2]

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This Week

"One step further" In the wake of President Clinton's veto of a bill banning partial-birth abortions, all the nation's Roman Catholic cardinals for only the…

[http://www.worldmag.com/1996/04/this_week_2]

Reviews

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Audio: The foolish heart

by Arsenio Orteza

Culture |  Talented satirists expose the horrible without trivializing it

[http://www.worldmag.com/1996/04/audio_the_foolish_heart]

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Books: Grant's classic picks

by David Aikman

Books |  Christian readers should discover Henryk Sienkiewicz

[http://www.worldmag.com/1996/04/books_grant_s_classic_picks]

Voices

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Give us a king

by Joel Belz

The political temptation: Our doubts and deficiencies drive us to seek false gods

[http://www.worldmag.com/1996/04/give_us_a_king]

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Principle, pragmatism

by David Aikman

Sometimes it takes a lot of both to win the biggest victories

[http://www.worldmag.com/1996/04/principle_pragmatism]

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Got some spare change?

by Marvin Olasky

Helping the homeless is not so much about dollars and cents, but real change

[http://www.worldmag.com/1996/04/got_some_spare_change]

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