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25 August 2006
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Latest issue: 25 August 2006 Anthea RowanPaul Wolfowitz, president of the World Bank, recently returned from a tour of East Africa to reject the view that a country? s traditional culture is a barrier to economic progress. An innovative horticultural project in northern Tanzania supports his point: sustainable economic health in Africa depends on working with local customs and practices 
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Featured Articles A time to show the way Cormac Murphy-O?Connor   A time to show the wayContrary to reports of empty churches and a society that appears to be losing its faith, the current revival of an interest in religion has never been greater as people listen afresh...
Just don?t mention abstinence Peter Kavanagh Just don?t mention abstinenceIn Bangkok two years ago, Catholic thinking on Aids prevention came under persistent attack from activists. In Toronto this month, a similar mood prevailed, although it was possible to detect a deeper realism among some delegates?...
Cultivating spirituality
Cultivating spiritualityTo walk round the Reflection Gardens in Staffordshire, with their symbolic plants and significant sculptures, is as much to take a spiritual journey as to visit a space where plants grow. Richard Abbott takes a tour of a place where inspiration flowers...
Solving the nuclear conundrum?s a long haul Michael QuinlanSolving the nuclear conundrum?s a long haulIn recent months Tablet contributors have debated whether it is right for the United Kingdom to renew its nuclear weapons capability, following the Scottish bishops? opposition. Here, a leading defence expert examines the arguments put forward so far. No approach, he says, comes risk-free...
And is it true? Kevin J. GardnerAnd is it true?A hundred years ago this week John Betjeman, one of the most beloved of English poets, was born. While there have been plenty of celebrations of Betjeman as poet and preservationist, less widely studied is the role of faith in his contribution to English national life, a faith often plagued by doubt...
Hearts and minds freely won
Hearts and minds freely wonDaniel McCarthy looks at the opening prayer for the twenty-first Sunday in ordinary time, where the joys and sorrows of our changing world are contrasted with the one
true joy available to us when we learn to desire what God has already promised
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