01875nam a2200169Ia 4500 240419s9999 xx 000 0 und d 97800605582840060558288 eng BR526 .W265 2005 Wallis, Jim God's Politics : Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It / Jim Wallis San Francisco : HarperSanFrancisco, 2005 xxviii, 384 p. ; 24 cm. Introduction : why can't we talk about religion and politics? -- Take back the faith : co-opted by the right, dismissed by the left -- A lack of vision : too narrow or none at all -- Is there a politics of God? : God is personal, but never private -- Protest is good; alternatives are better : what are we for? -- How should your faith influence your politics? : what's a religious voter to do? -- Prophetic politics : a new option -- Be not afraid : a moral response to terrorism -- Not a just war : the mistake of Iraq -- Dangerous religion : the theology of empire -- Blessed are the peacemakers : winning without war -- Against impossible odds : peace in the Middle East -- Micah's vision for national and global security : cure causes, not just symptoms -- The poor you will always have with you? : what does the Bible say about poverty? -- Poor people are trapped in the debate about poverty : breaking the left/right impasse -- Isaiah's platform : budgets are moral documents -- Amos and Enron : what scandalizes God? -- The tipping point : faith and global poverty -- A consistent ethic of life : abortion and capital punishment -- Truth telling about race : America's original sin -- The ties that bond : family and community values -- The critical choice : hope versus cynicism -- Epilogue : we are the ones we've been waiting for. Christianity and politics—United States. 0 0 0 0 GETS GETS GEN 2024-04-19 0 BR526 .W265 2005 00033171 2024-04-19 18:05:41 2024-04-19 BK 52298 52298