God's politics
Subtitle: why the right gets it wrong and the left doesn't get it
By: Jim Wallis.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco
Published: 2005
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
Subjects: Christianity and politics -- United States
Description: "Since when did believing in God and having moral values make you pro-war, pro-rich, and 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 faith in God aside?" "God's Politics offers a clarion call to make both our religious communities and our government more accountable to key values of the prophetic religious tradition - that is, make them pro-justice, pro-peace, pro-environment, pro-equality, pro-consistent ethic of life (beyond single-issue voting), and pro-family (without making scapegoats of single mothers or gays and lesbians). Our biblical faith and religious traditions simply do not allow us as a nation to continue to ignore the poor and marginalized, deny racial justice, tolerate the ravages of war, or turn away from the human rights of those made in the image of God. These are the values of love and justice, reconciliation, and community that Jesus taught and that are at the core of what many of us believe, Christian or not. In the tradition of prophets such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Dorothy Day, and Desmond Tutu, Wallis inspires us to hold our political leaders and policies accountable by integrating our deepest moral convictions into our nation's public life."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : why can't we talk about religion and politics? --; title: Take back the faith : co-opted by the right, dismissed by the left --; title: A lack of vision : too narrow or none at all --; title: Is there a politics of God? : God is personal, but never private --; title: Protest is good ; alternatives are better : what are we for? --; title: How should your faith influence your politics? : what's a religious voter to do? --; title: Prophetic politics : a new option --; title: Be not afraid : a moral response to terrorism --; title: Not a just war : the mistake of Iraq --; title: Dangerous religion : the theology of empire --; title: Blessed are the peacemakers : winning without war --; title: Against impossible odds : peace in the Middle East --; title: Micah's vision for national and global security : cure causes, not just symptoms --; title: The poor you will always have with you? : what does the Bible say about poverty? --; title: Poor people are trapped - in the debate about poverty : breaking the left/right impasse --; title: Isaiah's platform : budgets are moral documents --; title: Amos and Enron : what scandalizes God? --; title: The tipping point : faith and global poverty --; title: A consistent ethic of life : abortion and capital punishment --; title: Truth telling about race : America's original sin --; title: The ties that bond : family and community values --; title: The critical choice : hope versus cynicism --; title: Epilogue : we are the ones we've been waiting for.