CrossCurrents connects the wisdom of the heart with the life of the mind and the experiences of the body. The journal is operated through its parent organization, the Association for Public Religion and Intellectual Life (APRIL), an interreligious network of academics, activists, artists, and community leaders seeking to engage the many ways religion meets the public. Contributions to the journal exist at the nexus of religion, education, the arts, and social justice. In the December 2009 issue of CrossCurrents:"Editorial" by Charles Henderson"Alterity and Its Cure" by Curtis W. Freeman"Walter Rauschenbusch and the Social Gospel: A Hopeful Theology for the Twenty&8208, First Century Economy" by Janet R. Nelson"Co&8208, Creating My Worldview" by Carol Ochs"Yehuda Amichai, Jerusalem, and the Fate of Others" by Ranen Omer-Sherman"The Ethics of Coexistence: Bollywood's Different Take on Terrorism" by Claudia Richter"Reconciling Pure Forgiveness and Reconciliation: Bringing John Caputo into the Kingdom of God" by B. Keith Putt"The Arab Peace Initiative: Lost in the Translation" by Mohammed S. Dajani Daoudi"Why Russians Should Not Read Sartre, or the Search for God In Two Extremities of Europe" by Yelena Mazour&8208, Matusevich"Profane Holiness: Why the New Atheism Is (Partially) Good for True Spirituality and Religion" by Thomas White"Islam and Christianity Sibling Rivalries and Sibling Possibilities" by Paul F. Knitter"Getting Better All the Time--Or Maybe Not" book review by Peter Heinegg