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Seeking the welfare of the city -- Abraham Kuyper's conversion -- Creation and redemption -- Scripture -- Worldview -- Sphere sovereignty: Kuyper's philosophy of society -- The church -- Politics, the poor, and pluralism -- Mission -- Philosophy -- Theology -- Education -- The need for spiritual formation -- Resources for studying the Kuyperian tradition

THIS ARTICLE REVIEWS THE MOOD AND ATTITUDES OF THE USA DURING ITS CENTENNIAL IN 1876 AND DESCRIBES WHAT THE AMERICAN MOOD IS DURING ITS BICENTENNIAL YEAR, AND SHOWS THAT THE "YOUNG AMERICAN" IS NOW AN OFTEN DISILLUSIONED SUPERPOWER THAT SEEMS TO BE DETERMINED TO AVOID EURTHER CRUSADES ABROAD AND INCREASINGLY WORRIED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF ITS , LIFE AT HOME DURING ITS BICENTENNIAL YEAR.

The debacle of the Nationalist regime in China and the subsequent United States trade embargo on the People's Republic of China (China) from 1949 to 1970, resulted in the deletion or obsolescence of United States federal income tax incentives previously applicable to Sino-American trade. The benefits of these tax provisions were transferred, with the Nationalist government, to the Taiwan-based Republic of China (Taiwan). Moreover, foreign trade tax measures enacted during the economic stalemate were largely inapplicable to China, but enhanced existing trade with Taiwan and Hong Kong. Initial United States responses to the current detente with China portend increasingly significant bilateral trade relations. Attractive tax provisions presently available to American investors trading with the established Asian market, however, may curtail the vast potential of China trade unless the United States provides tax measures consistent with its policy of diplomatic conciliation and expanding economic intercourse. The divergent economic systems of the two nations, particularly with respect to the generation of internal revenue, complicate the selection of an appropriate format for a tax relief program.

This article outlines an argument for the value of slowness in journalism. It makes an initial argument that our experiences of modernity are not singular experiences of speed and geographical dislocation but increasingly complex negotiations of different temporalities and spatial contexts and given this we also require different forms of fast and slow journalism. The article explores how journalism operates at particular speeds because of the comparative advantage of timeliness and also because there is a need for journalism to align itself with the temporalities of the institutional fields on which it reports. It discusses how various types of slow journalism act as interventions in the field of journalism, highlighting the political economy of fast journalism, and providing an alternative to dominant forms of contemporary journalistic practice. The article then focuses on the necessity and importance of slowness within contemporary journalism through a discussion of the concepts of critique, complexity and difference. It is argued that slowness is required for the journalistic task of critiquing power relations that are increasingly manifested in the mastery of the speed of public life. It is also argued that slowness in journalistic practice helps in offering effective scrutiny of public issues that are characterized by informational and conceptual complexity. Finally, it is argued that contemporary democracies involve growing levels of pluralism and proliferations of difference and that slowness is necessary in the representations and understandings of diverse identities, value systems and cultural practices.