01982nam a2200169Ia 4500008004100000020002800041041000800069050002200077100001700099245009300116260004900209300003100258505134600289650004701635952011301682999001701795240419s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a97800605582840060558288  aeng  aBR526b.W265 2005  aWallis, Jim  0aGod's Politics : bWhy the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It /cJim Wallis  aSan Francisco : bHarperSanFrancisco, c2005  axxviii, 384 p.b; c24 cm.  aIntroduction : 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.  aChristianity and politics—United States.  00104070aGETSbGETSc GENd2024-04-19l0oBR526 .W265 2005p00033171r2024-04-19 18:05:41w2024-04-19yBK  c52298d52298