Contents

THE BELIEVERS
American Salvation
The place of Christianity in public life    Albert J. Raboteau

Compassion Capital    NOW A BOOK!
Bush's faith-based initiative is bigger than you think    Lew Daly

Taking Faith Seriously
Contempt for religion costs Democrats more than votes    Mike Gecan

Losing Faith  SIDEBAR
The Democrats called, but they didn't call back    Ari Lipman

Christ's Militia
How evangelical Protestantism came to dominate American religion    Gary B. Nash

ESSAYS
Robert Capa's Hope
Capturing the good fight    Susie Linfield

Creator and Destroyer
A rivalry to end the world    Vivian Gornick

Is Snow White?  ON HUMAN NATURE
And other questions about appearance and reality    Alex Byrne

Hizbullah's New Face
In search of a Muslim democracy    Helena Cobban

NEW FICTION FORUM
Intramuros  FICTION    Lisa Chipongian

The Mark of Exile
On writing The Cigar Roller    Pablo Medina

ON POETRY
The Witness Takes a Stand
Remembering June Jordan    Adrienne Rich

Book of Storms
W.S. Graham's New Collected Poems    Brian Kim Stefans

A State of Emergency
Jorie Graham's Overlord    Calvin Bedient