Challenge and People – Women priests – Does Mandela believe in god? – Carl Niehaus on mass action – A Thorn in the side of any oppressor

Contents: COVER STORY: WOMEN PRIESTS. POLITICS AND RELIGION: DOES MANDELA BELIEVE IN GOD? Charles Villa – Vicencio interviews Mr Mandela on the subject of religion. MASS ACTION: Carl Niehaus speaks as a Christian and an Afrikaner. SEARCHING FOR A WAY AHEAD: ICT’S Emergency Conference Statement on the Role of the Church in the Present Crisis. ICT SPEAKS ON MASS ACTION: Public statement issued by ICT’S Annual General Meeting. SPECIAL FEATURE: A THORN IN THE SIDE OF ANY OPPRESSOR: Albert Nolan writes about the Anglican Church’s Community of the Rsuttection which was Trevor Huddleston’s religious community. REGULAR COLUMNS: TAXI TALK: GQOZO IN MESSING UP THE FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN – Khotso Kekana joins in the conversation about Brigadier Oupa Gqozo. BE STILL: RELAX YOUR MIND: Albet Nolan has some suggestions about how to calm the mind. BIBBLE STUDY: WOMEN TAKE A STAND: We look at the text in Exodus about the Hebrew midwives who disobey Pharaoh. THE WAY FORWARD:  THE NATIONAL PEACE ACCORD – WHOSE PEACE ACCORD IS IT? Smangaliso Mkhatswa talks about attitudes to the National Peace Accord after the Bisho massacre. PEOPLE’S THEOLOGY: GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD – WE ARE HUNGRY McGlory Speckman reports on the theology of the Amaoti community in Natal. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR – We have three letters this time and a little bit of humour too.