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May 13, 2017 | Vol. 32, No. 9

Taking prisoners

June Cheng | China is growing more aggressive against foreign influence and more brazen in jailing citizens of foreign countries


FEATURES

June Cheng | The Chinese government escalates tensions with Christians by installing government cameras at churches

Juliana Chan Erikson | The TV industry itself largely enforces the parental guideline ratings, with predictable results for content

Mindy Belz | Christians forced to live for years under Islamic State tell of forcible conversions, torture, and sexual slavery. Will their lives ever return to normal?

Jamie Dean | Politicians may promise policy home runs, but base hits are more realistic

Emily Belz | As Baltimore’s homicide rate spikes, police and pastors struggle to explain and fight violent crime in their community


CULTURE
Books

Recent theology books

Misplaced trust

Don’t put hopes in governments and alliances
Children's Books

Caught in the middle

Four preteen and teen novels
 
FILM & TV

Born in China

Blockbuster fever

Previewing the summer movie season

Romance amid a slaughter

Love story detracts from The Promise, but the film about the Armenian genocide is still worth seeing
Music

New or recent albums

Three times the charm

Bob Dylan croons American classics in a new three-disc album
Q&A

Millennial mission

A call to young adults, with advice for their parents

NOTEBOOK
Technology
Electric aircraft startup hopes to revolutionize regional passenger travel
Religion
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch’s constitutional originalism contrasts with his church’s evolving view of the Bible
Lifestyle
Rigorous training for the nation’s top spelling bees can prepare kids for lifelong achievement
Science
After decades, some scientists offer T. rex new relatives