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Informationen zum Autor Ronald J. Sider is the author or editor of forty books, including Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger , and is internationally renowned for his leadership among Christians who recognize the social, political, and spiritual implications of the gospel. Having earned a PhD from Yale University, Sider is distinguished senior professor emeritus of theology, holistic ministry, and public policy at Palmer Seminary at Eastern University and is founder and president emeritus of Evangelicals for Social Action. An ordained minister in both Mennonite and Brethren in Christ denominations, Sider lives with his wife, Arbutus, in eastern Pennsylvania. He blogs at Ronsiderblog.substack.com. Klappentext How can Christians today truly live like Jesus and be more faithful disciples? Ronald J. Sider takes a fervent look at this and other foundational questions! many of which have been the passion of his life. As founder and president of Evangelicals for Social Action! Sider for more than three decades has worked toward a meeting of the minds between two "branches" of the church vine. In the essays in this book! Sider calls on those in the evangelical stream to become more aware and concerned about poverty! injustice! and peacemaking! while he urges socially active Christians to embrace the great commission and to be more committed to Christ than to political agendas. In I Am Not a Social Activist Sider urges all Christians to "make the Incarnate One the center of all we think and do."
