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with contributions from Steve Crabtree, Brett Pelham, Michael Paulson

A TOUR of the world's most religious countries wouldn't be all mountaintop shrines and magnificent temples—it would also take you to some pretty bleak places.
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with contributions from Misty Harris, John Dart

PRAYER HAS GONE DIGITAL with help from a new Web service that allows people to outsource their holy communication to a computer.
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with contributions from Shawn D. Lewis, Mitchell Vantrease

TOM AVERY was embarrassed the first time he walked into a job workshop at his church.
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with contributions from Brendan Conway, Kim Shippey

ACCORDING TO THE BARNA GROUP in a study about Protestant churches' use of technology, 62 percent of churches currently have an Internet presence, up from 34 percent in 2000, and one in four are available on social-networking sites.
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with contributions from Russ Pulliam, Perla Travizo, Cathy Lynn Grossman

THEY PRAY, sometimes even in the name of Jesus.
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Lillian Daniel

ARMY CHAPLAINS—SUPPORTING A DIVERSITY OF FAITHS
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Julia Duin with contributions from Jim Siegel, Susan Kalan

KAZAKHSTAN RETREATS FROM LEGISLATION LIMITING RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS
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with contributions from Caryle Murphy, Gerry Harrington, Wendy Lee

WHEN THE REV.
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Rose French with contributions from Dawn Baumgartner Vaughn, Charles Takyi-Boadu

METHODIST WOMEN CLERGY ON AN UPWARD TRACK
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with contributions from Tim Townsend, Anne Thomas

[DAVID] PETERS is the McDonnell Douglas professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Washington University [in St.
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with contributions from Stephanie Simon, Jennifer Harper

UPSTAIRS IN THE MOBILE [Alabama] Museum of Art, there's a Bible on display—a majestic hand-drawn edition a decade in the making, and not yet finished.
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with contributions from Philip Yancey, Bethany Powers

HISTORIANS WILL LOOK at the year that just ended as a financial tsunami that left in its wake millions of foreclosed homes, bankruptcies, and lost jobs.