God's Politics - Why the Right Gets it Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It

Informationen zum Autor Jim Wallis is the author of the New York Times bestseller God's Politics , which electrified Americans disenchanted with how the Right had co-opted all talk about integrating religious values into our politics by offering an alternative voice. Wallis is a leading figure at the crossroads of religion and politics in America today, the author of eight books, and the founder of Sojourners, a global faith and justice network. He is a public theologian, an internationally renowned speaker and preacher, a faith-based activist, husband, and father to two young boys, and a Little League baseball coach. Zusammenfassung God Is Not a Republican ... Or a Democrat Since when did believing in God and having moral values make you pro-war, pro-rich, and solely pro-Republican? And since when did promoting and pursuing a progressive social agenda with a concern for economic security, health care, and educational opportunity mean you had to put your faith in God aside? Jim Wallis argues that America's separation of church and state does not require banishing moral and religious values from the public square. In fact, the very survival of America's social fabric depends on such values and vision to shape our politics -- a dependence the nation's founders recognized. God's Politics inspires us to hold our political leaders and policies accountable by integrating our deepest moral convictions into our nation's public life.

Product details

• Authors: Jim Wallis
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.03.2005
• EAN: 9780060838713
• ISBN: 978-0-06-083871-3
• No. of pages: 864
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 37 mm
• Subjects: HISTORY: WORLD, HISTORY: Social History, HISTORY: United States / 21st Century, RELIGION: CHRISTIAN THOUGHT, RELIGION: Christian Theology / History, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Political Ideologies / General, RELIGION: Christian Living / Social Issues, RELIGION: Religion, Politics & State, RELIGION: POLITICS AND RELIGION, PHILOSOPHY: History & Surveys / General