Return of the Lion

by Megan Basham

Cover Story | With Prince Caspian, Chronicles of Narnia film creators make bold departures from a beloved story: "This one is about losing faith and regaining it"

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/05/return_of_the_lion]

To Narnia and the North!

by Melanie M. Jeschke

Cover Story Sidebar | Remembering the haunts that haunt C.S. Lewis' books

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/05/to_narnia_and_the_north]

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Raising the bar?

by Mark Bergin

Education | Stories of an anti-Christian purge at Baylor may not explain the Baptist university's sudden spike in tenure denials

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/05/raising_the_bar]

'Green shackles'

by Mark Bergin

Environment | A charismatic skeptic of global warming is out to expose the new shade of tyranny

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/05/green_shackles]

Mobile blessings

by Anita K. Palmer

Ministry | The gift of transport breaks down cultural and political barriers

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/05/mobile_blessings]

Gift of a lifetime

by Alisa Harris

Health | May has brought not only Mother's Day but the National Marrow Donor Program's "Thanks Mom" donor drive-and Diane Pearl is celebrating an answer to yet another…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/05/gift_of_a_lifetime]

Would you forgive this man?

by Marvin Olasky

Cambodia | The Khmer Rouge finally faces trial for its killing fields, with one leader, Comrade Duch, confessing both conversion and murder: "We killed them like…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/05/would_you_forgive_this_man]

Five little financial mistakes

by David Bahnsen

Personal Finance | Left unfixed, they are anything but small

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/05/five_little_financial_mistakes]

'An unstable way to live'

by Susan Olasky

Lifestyle/Technology | A former nun takes by storm the life of a Hollywood screenwriter

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/05/an_unstable_way_to_live]

Big money

by Rusty Leonard and Warren Cole Smith

Charity | Giving while you're living so you're knowing where it's going

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/05/big_money]

Blowing the roof off

Disaster | Myanmar's devastating cyclone may open a closed country to outsiders as never before

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/05/blowing_the_roof_off]

Looking ahead

Looking Ahead | News to watch in the weeks to come

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/05/looking_ahead_0]

Human Race

Human Race | DIED: R. Laird Harris, a translator of the New International Version Bible and a founding faculty member of Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, died…

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/05/human_race_0]

Marriage of convenience

by Jamie Dean

Justice | The United States is at times finding the International Criminal Court useful and worthy of support, but it still hasn't fallen in love with the UN body

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/05/marriage_of_convenience]

Sentence served

by Zoe Sandvig

Crime | Once prisoners are freed, who helps them get back on their feet? How much longer should they pay?

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/05/sentence_served]

Borderline voters

by Jamie Dean

Politics | GOP rhetoric on immigration may be turning Hispanics away from a Republican Party that they had recently begun to embrace

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/05/borderline_voters]

The Buzz

Need-to-know news

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/05/the_buzz_0]

Endgame

by Jamie Dean

Campaign 2008 | Super delegates are poised to make Obama's victory sure

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/05/endgame]

Quick Takes

Oddball occurrences

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/05/quick_takes_0]

Quotables

Memorable things they said

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/05/quotables_0]

Stark choices

by Sam Thielman

Movies | Iron Man presents a superhero in search of redemption

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/05/stark_choices]

Sly project

by Meghan Keane

Movies | An unlikely friendship propels satirical plot

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/05/sly_project]

Taking the cake

by Alissa Wilkinson

Movies | Made of Honor high jinx runs away with its title

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/05/taking_the_cake]

Family secrets

by Marvin Olasky

Television | Story of a search for truth is wonderfully moving

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/05/family_secrets]

Thinking and feeling

by Marvin Olasky

Books | A conservatism that can state a comeback will have to do both

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/05/thinking_and_feeling]

Notable books

by Aryn Kyle, Marisa de los Santos, R.N. Morris, Karen Joy Fowler

Notable Books | Four books for summer reading reviewed by Susan Olasky

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/05/notable_books_0]

Building the skyscraper down

by Marvin Olasky

Books | The search for happiness, says author and researcher Arthur C. Brooks, often starts in the wrong place

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/05/building_the_skyscraper_down]

Time softens

by Arsenio Orteza

Music | The Clash revolution looks positively tame in retrospect

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/05/time_softens]

Notable CDs

by The National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Post-Classical Ensemble, The Dowland Project/John Potter, Yale Schola Cantorum, Yale Collegium Players

Notable CDs | Four new or recent classical CDs reviewed by Arsenio Orteza

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/05/notable_cds_0]

The dark side of Narnia

by Megan Basham

Movies | Adamson's latest chronicle captures the high-stakes battle for Aslan's kingdom

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/05/the_dark_side_of_narnia]

Female feline

by Mark Bergin

Sports | Mexican golfer Lorena Ochoa has already captured LPGA player of the year honors twice

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/05/female_feline]

Don't blame racism

by Joel Belz

Campaign 2008 | Obama's recent setbacks are of his own making

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/05/don_t_blame_racism]

Mailbag

Letters from our readers

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/05/mailbag_0]

'Issues' no longer

by Gene Edward Veith

Cancellation of LCMS radio show raises ruckus

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/05/issues_no_longer]

Diminished returns

by Janie B. Cheaney

College may not be worth the money for many students

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/05/diminished_returns]

Counter-culture

by Timothy Larsen

Furor over a Wheaton professor's divorce and resignation

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/05/counter_culture]

Blood that speaks

by Mindy Belz

Remembering Matthew Phillip Wallace and company

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/05/blood_that_speaks]

The Harvard affair

by Andrée Seu

A colonial-era controversy offers lessons on the road to secularism

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/05/the_harvard_affair]

Mad missions

by Marvin Olasky

Avoiding the soft despotism that emphasizes personal security

[http://www.worldmag.com/2008/05/mad_missions]

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