Washington Post Book Review by Steven Waldman,
editor in chief and co-founder of Beliefnet
God's Politics
Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It
By Jim Wallis
[snip] The problem with religious conservatives is not that they invoke religion too much, but that they practice "bad theology," he argues. He notes that although religious conservatives focus on homosexuality and abstinence, Jesus and Isaiah and Micah had much more to say about poverty and economic justice than sexual impropriety. Therefore, he writes, the Bush administration's tax policies reflect a "religious failure." And also: "An enormous public misrepresentation of Christianity has taken place. . . . [M]any people around the world now think Christian faith stands for political commitments that are almost the opposite of its true meaning. How did the faith of Jesus come to be known as pro-rich, pro-war and only pro-American?" [snip]
Such a good question!
Jim considers himself a religious progressive. I must say, I don't agree with a lot of Jim's observations, but I appreciate (relish, actually) disagreeing with his well thought out views...
You can check out God's Politics at Amazon.
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