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BL
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1030131
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b784501
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Wallis, Jim.
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| Title & Author
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God's politics : : why the right gets it wrong and the left doesn't get it /\ Jim Wallis.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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San Francisco :: HarperSanFrancisco,, 2005.
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xxiv, 384 pages ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0060558288
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: 0060834471
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: 9780060558284
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: 9780060834470
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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Introduction : 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 -- The 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.
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Argues that America's separation of church and state is unrealistic, and maintains that each be held accountable to key values of progressive religious tradition.
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Christianity and politics-- United States.
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Christianisme et politique-- États-Unis.
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Christentum
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Christianity and politics-- United States.
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Christianity and politics.
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Christianity and politics.
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Politik
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Religion and politics-- United States.
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Right and left (Political science)-- United States.
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United States.
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USA
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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261.7/0973
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BR526.W265 2005
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B911clc
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