Jim Wallis
Auteur de God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn’t Get It
A propos de l'auteur
Jim Wallis was born in Detroit, Michigan on June 4, 1948. He graduated from Michigan State University and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He is an evangelical Christian writer and political activist, best known as the founder and editor of Sojourners Magazine and of the Washington, D.C.-based afficher plus Christian community of the same name. He has written numerous books including The Great Awakening; Reviving Faith and Politics in a Post-Religious Right America (2008), God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It (2005), Faith Works: How Faith Based Organizations Are Changing Lives, Neighborhoods, and America (2000), The Soul of Politics: Beyond Religious Right and Secular Left (1995) and The Call to Conversion (1981). (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Œuvres de Jim Wallis
America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America (2016) — Auteur — 367 exemplaires
The Great Awakening: Reviving Faith and Politics in a Post-Religious Right America (2008) 361 exemplaires
On God's Side: What Religion Forgets and Politics Hasn't Learned about Serving the Common Good (2013) 174 exemplaires
Faith Works: How Faith-Based Organizations are Changing Lives, Neighborhoods and America (2001) 51 exemplaires
The Rise of Christian Conscience: The Emergence of a Dramatic Renewal Movement in the Church Today (1987) 45 exemplaires
The False White Gospel: Rejecting Christian Nationalism, Reclaiming True Faith, and Refounding Democracy (2024) 22 exemplaires
Justice for the Poor Participant's Guide: Love God. Serve People. Change the World. (2010) 17 exemplaires
America's Original Sin: A Study Guide on White Racism (1994) — Directeur de publication — 10 exemplaires
Living the Word: Reflections on the Revised Common Lectionary: Cycles A, B, and C (1996) 3 exemplaires
Great Awakening 2 exemplaires
O Messias Judeu Para os Judeus 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical (2006) — Avant-propos — 2,046 exemplaires
From the Margins: A Celebration of the Theological Work of Donald W. Dayton (Princeton Theological Monograph) (2007) — Contributeur — 5 exemplaires
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- 1948-06-04
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- Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- Michigan State University
Trinity International University - Professions
- political activist
professor (Harvard University)
convener (Call to Renwal) - Organisations
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Plymouth Brethren
Sojourners Community
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In answering the question of how our faith should influence our political activities, Wallis writes that neither the Democrats nor the Republicans, the left or the right, have embraced a holistic vision for domestic or international justice and morality. While often focusing justly on social issues, too many Democrats have espoused a faith that is separate from their private lives and shy away from using moral or spiritual terminology. On the other side of the aisle, Republicans have often attempted to co-opt religious issues for political gain. This was particularly evident in George W. Bush’s campaigns, during which the religious right was heavily courted through appeals to a very narrow spectrum of morality issues (abortion and gay rights). Christians on the Right have many healthy things to say about personal morality, but their social decisions show a lack of commitment to the common good in terms of economics and international diplomacy. Wallis calls for a new option that would combine the more conservative moral values of the Right with the social concerns of the Left. (I would like to see this as well.)
Recently, I have been thinking about the continued disenfranchisement of America’s poor, so I am particularly interested in Wallis’ discussion of poverty and the “Burger King Mom” (pg.. 221), who is working hard and still struggling to pay rent each month. I must admit that I had never considered the context of Mark 14.7 in the way he describes it – the disciples have the poor precisely because they are followers of Christ. Concern for the poor must be a plank (or several planks) in the platform of each Christian politician, for true religion is to help the needy and powerless (James 1.27). Wallis challenges both conservatives and liberals to stop placing blame, start developing creative solutions, and take leadership responsibility for the poverty-perpetuating policies they create. Similar to Paul Marshall in Thine Is the Kingdom, Wallis calls on large corporations to move away from simple profit toward the idea of common good and highlights the connection between racial prejudice and poverty. I agree that our country has a very long way to go toward economic righteousness and that we have a great deal to learn from the legacy of leaders such as Martin Luther King, Jr. about how we can unite our diverse politic under a common banner of integrity and justice.
While I found God’s Politics to be a bit self-indulgent at times, I basically resonated with much of Wallis’ critique of the American political system. Many of my peers share my sense of disillusionment with our current two-party system, which seems to so often present a choice between the lesser of two evils instead of a choice for the common good. I am a bit uncomfortable with the way in which Wallis sometimes places the ideals of democracy side-by-side with God’s mandates, but I do believe that we have a useful system by which we can affect a great deal of positive change through a vision of holistic justice.… (plus d'informations)