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The new Egyptian wilderness

The new Egyptian wilderness

Cover Story | As Moses once led his people out of Egypt to Mt. Sinai, church leaders in a post-Mubarak era are discovering how to guide the largest Christian population in the Middle East against new threats and become good neighbors

In this issue: "Trouble in Egypt," June 2, 2012

Features

Blind justice
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Blind justice

China |  Resolving the dramatic case of China activist Chen Guangcheng doesn't take care of thousands more dissidents like him

Right turn on Maine
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Right turn on Maine

Politics |  With a pivotal Senate race in November, conservatives are increasingly energized in what has for decades been one of the most liberal states in the nation

Timeless struggle
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Timeless struggle

Movies |  For Greater Glory , a new film about a Catholic uprising against a socialist Mexican government in 1926, has surprising resonance in 2012

An arm and a leg for a Dinka bride
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An arm and a leg for a Dinka bride

Sudan |  A Sudanese man will go to a lot of trouble to win a hand in marriage

D.C. city limits
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D.C. city limits

Biography |  The death and life of compassionate conservatism: While a treasured idea became a mess in Washington, it flourished at a small school in Austin

Dispatches

Playing the bankruptcy card
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Playing the bankruptcy card

Campaign 2012 |  Democrats' attack on Bain Capital can cut both ways

Looking Ahead
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Looking Ahead

Zimmerman arraignment George Zimmerman, who stands accused in the February shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, will face arraignment on May 29 in a…

Personal attack
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Personal attack

And other news briefs

The politics of marriage
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The politics of marriage

Campaign 2012 |  Black leaders say Obama campaign shouldn't discount backlash

Uncelebrated celebrity surgeon
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Uncelebrated celebrity surgeon

Emory profs complain over Ben Carson commencement

Human Race
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Human Race

Died Children's book author and illustrator Maurice Sendak, best known for his Caldecott Medal winner Where the Wild Things Are , died May 8 at age 83. The often…

Quotables
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Quotables

"We've actually lived the last 30 years in this country off the next 30, and the bill's due." U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., and author of The Debt Bomb , on…

Quick Takes
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Quick Takes

Store-bought drinks It's not being generous if it's with other people's money. Police say a 23-year-old Montreal man robbed a pair of local convenience stores…

Reviews

Righteous rebels?
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Righteous rebels?

Movies |  For Greater Glory should prompt Christians to consider how we would respond to similar persecution

Dark Shadows
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Dark Shadows

Movies |  New film marks Johnny Depp's eighth collaboration with director Tim Burton

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Movies |  Despite a great cast, film is frequently boring and only occasionally funny

Girl in Progress
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Girl in Progress

Movies |  In the end, the title could describe either the mother or daughter in this film

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Box Office Top 10

Movies |  For the weekend of May 11-13 according to Box Office Mojo

Intellectual debts
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Intellectual debts

Books |  A closer look at the wisdom and ideas of three great theologians

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Notable Books

Notable Books |  Four nonfiction books

The new Screwtape
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The new Screwtape

Q&A |  Paying homage to C.S. Lewis, Richard Platt's recent book captures the style and satire of The Screwtape Letters

Girls gone mild
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Girls gone mild

Music |  Stephens, Jones, and O'Connor make statements with new albums

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Notable CDs

Notable CDs |  Four new CDs

Notebook

Learning by copying
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Learning by copying

Lifestyle |  Mimicking the masters, professional artists at the National Gallery of Art gain 'tools of creation'

Up in the air
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Up in the air

Technology |  Google flies straight into the cloud-based storage market

Great-tasting choice
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Great-tasting choice

Science |  Boycott ends after PepsiCo stops funding of tests using human fetal cells

Zion Prayer House
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Zion Prayer House

Houses of God |  Ganti Pedapudi, Andhra Pradesh, India

Just for men
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Just for men

Sports |  Augusta National's hard line against female members won't separate the PGA Tour and the Masters

Europe unravels
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Europe unravels

Money |  But the markets have reason to look beyond May's election results

End of an empire?
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End of an empire?

Religion |  Confessing Anglicans throughout the world challenge British leadership

Voices

Top of the list
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Top of the list

Tell me, briefly, about the most important cultural issue of our time

The salt and light company
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The salt and light company

Conforming to our Savior, Christians will have some kind of effect on the world

Experts needed
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Experts needed

Marriage is an old privilege, not a new right

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Mailbag

Letters from our readers

Under an open heaven
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Under an open heaven

Living in the Spirit brings into existence the things that are not

Building and preserving
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Building and preserving

A call to those who want to be Christian journalists, and a plea to protect Christian liberty

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