Who Speaks for God?: An Alternative to the Religious Right-A New Politics of Compassion, Community, and Civility - Hardcover

Wallis, Jim

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ISBN 10: 0385316909 ISBN 13: 9780385316903

Verlag: Delacorte Pr, 1996

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Book by Wallis Jim

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A prominent Christian evangelist issues a call to readers opposed to the views of the Christian right wing but not to mixing religion and politics, offering a plan for transforming the nation based on compassion, community, and civility. 40,000 first printing. $40,000 ad/promo.

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evangelical pastor offers a provocative political and social manifesto for all Americans who yearn for more spirit-centered politics but are fed up with the Christian Coalition.

Most people across the political and religious spectrum agree that our country is facing a moral and spiritual crisis, and that restoring "values" to our public policies and discourse has become a critical issue. But while the Religious Right have taken it upon themselves to represent Christian values, their ideas are actually counter both to the teachings of the scriptures and the historical tradition of evangelical activism, according to Jim Wallis.

Who Speaks for God? is his cogent, compelling alternative vision for infusing a sense of meaning and value into current politics, built around the principles of Compassion, Community, and Civility. According to the prophets, COMPASSION--treatment of the poor, the vulnerable, the weak, the children--is the virtual measure of a natio

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• Verlag: Delacorte Pr
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0385316909
• ISBN 13: 9780385316903
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 215