Toward that end, we need a new dialogue with all sectors of the religious community. The leaders of the Religious Right have dominated long enough. They have one perspective and deserve to be heard. But the issues of political morality are too important to be left only to one voice. Other visions of faith and politics exist in the land.
Politicized religion is no substitute for prophetic faith.
A growing number of American Christians are feeling a fresh commitment to apply spiritual values to the vexing questions of our public life and, where necessary, to offer a Christian alternative to the Religious Right. Let the other voices be heard. Jim Wallis is editor of Sojourners Magazine. Copyright 1995 Sojourners.