Description |
xxiv, 384 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents |
Introduction : why can't we talk about religion and politics? -- 1. Take back the faith -- 2. A lack of vision -- 3. Is there a politics of God? -- 4. Protest is good; alternatives are better -- 5. How should your faith influence your politics? -- 6. Prophetic politics -- 7. Be not afraid -- 8. Not a just war -- 9. Dangerous religion -- 10. Blessed are the peacemakers -- 11. Against impossible odds -- 12. Micah's vision for national and global security -- 13. The poor you will always have with you? -- 14. Poor people are trapped - in the debate about poverty -- 15. Isaiah's platform -- 16. Amos and Enron -- 17. The tipping point -- 18. A consistent ethic of life -- 19. Truth telling about race -- 20. The ties that bond -- 21. The critical choice -- Epilogue : we are the ones we've been waiting for |
Summary |
"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?" |
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"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 |
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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 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Subject |
Christianity and politics -- United States.
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LC no. |
2004060869 |
ISBN |
0060558288 cloth |
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