Fall/Winter 2005

Contribute to Posts on the Theme of Land

For the Spring/Summer 2006 issue of Oregon Humanities, we are looking for 500-word Posts submissions that use the humanities to examine the cultural, social, and human significance of land, particularly the ways we live on and use land in the Northwest. Please send your submissions by March 6, 2006, to Posts, Oregon Council for Humanities, 812 SW Washington St., Suite 225, Portland, OR 97205 or by e-mail.

Cover of Oregon Humanities Fall/Winter 2005

Belief

Beyond Belief
by David S. Gutterman
Proclamations of "knowledge" eliminate doubts and those who encourage doubting.
The Great Reversal
by Brad Harper
The Scopes trial and fundamentalism's rejection of mainstream culture.
Wedding Gift
by Janene Thomas
I want to tell her that faith is fine, but sometimes faith is not enough.
Believing in the None Zone
by Mark Shibley
The unchurched Northwest is not secular; it's unconventionally religious.
Vessels of Belief
photos by Tim LaBarge
Belief made manifest in our children
God Is a Squirrel
a poem by Henry Hughes
Sundays always ask what we should do and what we should believe.
The Sacred Rights of Conscience
by Mark David Hall
Do the founders have lessons to teach us about religious liberty?
Magical Roots
by Susan Pesznecker
To be Pagan is to draw life and breath from the world's natural presence.
Good News for All
by Alena Amato Ruggerio
"Biblical feminism" is no oxymoron.
Belief without Surrender
by James C. Foster
What would Nat King Cole, Charles Ives, and Hannah Arendt do?
The Group
by Caroline Cummins
Gauging what--and how--groups of people believe.
Cool Things
by Brian Doyle
A song of things that make a grin and bow

Departments

Contributors

Letter from the Director

Field Work:
Peace and Music: A composer commemorates Nagasaki
By Brett Campbell
Oregon Divided
By Amelie Welden
Photos and Pickle Picks
By Kristy Athens
Bad Language?
By Carol E. Hickman

Posts: Readers Write about Belief

Resources: Belief

Croppings: Liquid Flight