God's Politics : Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It

[nageov3t]

has anyone read this book? I saw the author on The Daily Show tonight and he was really inspiring.

from the Amazon product description:

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. 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.

 

[Rainsford]

Religion in politics is never about religion, it's about politics. Religion is simply a tool, and a very effective one at that. People don't get it because they aren't trying to.

 

[Orsorum]

 

[PatboyX]

book seems interesting. guy seemed happy about life.
id give it a read.

 

[conjur]

Considering Jesus was a liberal, you'd think the left would have some sort of clue.

 

[Spamela]

he's been a voice in the wilderness for a long time.

i've read several of his previous books & plan to read this one as soon as it turns
up at the local library.