So the Christianity of Jesus is permanent, though what passes for Christianity with popes and catechisms, with sects and churches, in the first century or in the nineteenth century, prove transient also....
Let the transient pass, fleet as it will.... God send us a real religious life....

— THE REV. THEODORE PARKER (1810-1860)

features  JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2004 · VOL XVIII NO 1

Seeing Jesus with Modern Eyes
The accretions of centuries—cultural, religious, political—often obscure the kernels of truth to be found in the person of Jesus. /BY ERIK WALKER WIKSTROM

The Fundamentalist Agenda
The ancient and powerful impulse to create stability must be humanized by liberalism. /BY DAVIDSON LOEHR

A Life Committed to Justice
For three decades Tom Andrews has been at the forefront of movements for peace and justice. /BY KIMBERLY FRENCH