MARC Record from Ithaca College Library

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050 00 $aBR526$b.W265 2005
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100 1 $aWallis, Jim.
245 10 $aGod's politics :$bwhy the right gets it wrong and the left doesn't get it /$cJim Wallis.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $a[San Francisco] :$bHarperSanFrancisco,$cc2005.
300 $axxvi, 384 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 375-384).
505 0 $aIntroduction : why can't we talk about religion and politics? -- Take back the faith : co-opted by the right, dismissed by the left -- A lack of vision : too narrow or none at all -- Is there a politics of God? : God is personal, but never private -- Protest is good, alternatives are better : what are we for? -- How should your faith influence your politics? : what's a religious voter to do? -- Prophetic politics : a new option -- Be not afraid : a moral response to terrorism -- Not a just war : the mistake of Iraq -- Dangerous religion : the theology of empire -- Blessed are the peacemakers : winning without war -- Against impossible odds : peace in the Middle East -- Micah's vision for national and global security : cure causes, not just symptoms
505 0 $aThe poor you will always have with you? : what does the Bible say about poverty? -- Poor people are trapped in the debate about poverty : breaking the left/right impasse -- Isaiah's platform : budgets are moral documents -- Amos and Enron : what scandalizes God? -- The tipping point : faith and global poverty -- A consistent ethic of life : abortion and capital punishment -- Truth telling about race : America's original sin -- The ties that bond : family and community values -- The critical choice : hope versus cynicism -- Epilogue : we are the ones we've been waiting for.
650 0 $aChristianity and politics$zUnited States.
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