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Author Wallis, Jim.

Title The soul of politics : a practical and prophetic vision for change / Jim Wallis ; with a foreword by Garry Wills ; and a preface by Cornel West
Published New York, NY : New Press ; Maryknoll, NY : Orbis Books, [1994]
©1994

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Description xxiv, 275 pages ; 25 cm
Contents Foreword / Garry Wills -- Preface / Cornel West -- Introduction: The World Isn't Working -- Pt. 1. The Conversion of Politics. Ch. 1. Signs of a Crisis: The Politics of Violence. Ch. 2. Can Politics Be Moral? Beyond Liberal and Conservative. Ch. 3. Politics and Religion: Toward a Prophetic Spirituality -- Pt. 2. The Broken Community. Ch. 4. A Tale of Two Cities: The Division of the World. Ch. 5. Fire in the Sky: The Heat of White Racism. Ch. 6. Pattern of Inequality: Exploiting the Sisters. Ch. 7. I Shop, Therefore I Am: Wounded Hearts, Wounded Earth -- Pt. 3. Toward an Alternative Vision. Ch. 8. Signs of Transformation: The Marks of an Emerging Prophetic Vision. Conversion: The Priority of the Poor. Compassion: No More Us and Them. Community: A Moral Foundation for Economics. Reverence: Honoring the Whole Creation. Diversity: Beyond Integration. Equality: Beyond Inclusion. Peacemaking: The Path to Real Security. Justice: The Hunger That Heals. Contemplation: The Inward Journey
Courage: Taking the First Step. Responsibility: How Change Begins. Integrity: The Quality of Leadership. Imagination: Dreaming New Possibilities. Reconstruction: From Protest to Rebuilding. Joy: The Unmistakable Sign of Life. Hope: The Doorway to Change -- Afterword: A Time To Heal, A Time To Build
Summary Discusses breakdown and political impasse, and argues for social justice and responsibility
Notes Includes bibliographical references and notes
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Christianity and politics.
Political science -- Philosophy.
SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140410 -- 1993-
United States -- Politics and government -- 1993-2001. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92006372
LC no. 94003533
ISBN 0883449870 (cloth)
1565842049