God’s Politics
Jim Wallis has been a leading voice at the crossroads of faith and politics in Washington for nearly 30 years. In his new book, God’s … all ยป Politics, Mr. Wallis postulates that while the Right in America has hijacked the language of faith for its political agenda, the Left hasn’t done much better by largely ignoring faith and continually separating moral discourse and personal ethics from public policy. 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? In God’s Politics, Mr. Wallis calls for each of us to hold our political leaders and policies accountable by integrating our deepest moral convictions into our nation’s public life. He also calls for a moral response to terrorism - no security apart from a common security. Wallis believes that military supremacy alone will not bring peace and that avoiding war depends on everyone having enough for their own security. The U.S. cannot remove the threats of war until we remove the injustice of global poverty.
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