Religion in America – Vol. XI No. 2 (1997) Doug Hagley Fiction David Bosworth, The Wishing Well Alan Cheuse, Fast Chris Helm, Interview with Pema Jones Rinpoche Gordon Lish, Three Jews on Their Way Home Jane McCafferty, Spine Music Emily Wheatley Pease, Mating Day Gerald Shapiro, Rosenthal Unbound Joseph Sheltraw, The Brief History of Sister John Margaret G.K. Wuori, Boys Will Be Only Boys Poetry Ellery Akers, The Word That Is A Prayer Christopher Bakken, Late Adam Thinking Jan Beatty, The Waitress Angels Speak to Me in a Vision Diann Blakely, Church of Jesus with Signs Following Kevin Bowen, A Granite Stairway: St. Joseph’s School for Boys David Citino, The Harrowing of Hell / Homage to the Birds Robert Dana, Them / Descamisados Jim Daniels, Silver Jesus / Yellow Jesus Cortney Davis, The Next Word You Say Stuart Dybek, Ararat David Galef, Progress of a Door-to-Door Evangelist, Mississippi, 1935 / God’s Rocket Ship Gary Gildner, All This John Grey, Grandpa’s Views on Organized Religion Joan Joffe Hall, The Aperture William Heyen, Seneca Country Bob Hicok, A Theology of Gossip Herb Kitson, On Hearing About the Mass Suicide of the Heaven’s Gate Cult William Kloefkorn, How to Pronounce Deuteronomy / The Fan / Flying United with God Rachel Loden, The Twelve Dancing Maidelehs Clarence Major, Leaving His Body / Arriving Uninvited Walt McDonald, Faith Is a Radical Master Eric Pankey, The Pilgrim’s Departure Linda Pastan, Anon Daniel Tobin, No Angles But Ourselves Ray A. Young Bear, The Mask of Four Indistinguishable Thunderstorms Nonfiction Patricia Henley, Sabbath-Mind Thomas Lynch, The Dead Priest Jane McCafferty, In the Midst of Sisters Kuya Minogue, Buddhism in the Bush Kathleen Norris, Christ the King / Angels Scott Russell Sanders, Silence Photography Mark Steinmetz, Apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Georgia