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"It wasn't all bad"
"The Chinese Government is considering enacting a law on religion to end years of confusion caused by conflicting administrative orders.... 'Enacting a law on religion is a major task for the government,' said Peng Gaojian, an official with the Legal Affairs Office at the State Council. 'The rule of law is the principle that should guide China's religious policy,' he told a symposium on religon and law organized by the Central Nationalities University [in December]....
"The call to reform China's religious policy has been gathering momentum since the National Work Conference on Religious Affairs at the end of last year. President Jiang Zemin said that religion was likely to outlast the state and the party and urged participants to find ways to 'make socialism and religion adapt to each other.' ...

January 20, 2003 issue
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Once green with prejudice
Warren Bolon
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letters
with contributions from Annette Plikerd, Susan J. Ehart
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items of interest
with contributions from Nailene Chou Wiest, Bob Harvey, Gigi Wood
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'Love is the question and the answer'
By Kim Shippey Senior Writer
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BREAKING THROUGH WALLS of PREJUDICE
with contributions from Marta Greenwood, Quinci Coates, Yolanda Nava, Tony Lobl, Frank Magwegwe
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The golden rule versus prejudice
By David Degler
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The search for peace in Jerusalem
By Kim Shippey Senior Writer
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The gentle givers
Text And Photographs By Tom Black
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Atonement—more than fiction?
By Barbara M. Vining Contributing Editor
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The afterglow of Christmas
By David Horn
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Talk radio: healing words—not hateful words
By Bill Dawley
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Stages of spiritual growth: healing and progressing
Joan Knowles
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A healing of guilt and of injury
Rosemarie Sauer