Jim Wallis, the evangelical author and editor of Sojourners magazine, has written a very Catholic book in “On God’s Side” (Brazos Press, 2013). I reviewed the book for U.S. Catholic magazine:
ON GOD’S SIDE: WHAT RELIGION FORGETS AND POLITICS HASN’T LEARNED ABOUT SERVING THE COMMON GOOD
By Jim Wallis
Published by Brazos Press, April 2013
Jim Wallis, the well-known evangelical activist and editor of Sojourners magazine, continues his conversation about religion and politics in his latest book, On God’s Side. Referring to the Abraham Lincoln quote, “My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side,” Wallis is back to warning about “What Religion Forgets and Politics Hasn’t Learned,” namely the common good.
In a message apparently meant for Democrats frustrated with President Barack Obama, Wallis reminds us that the solution has never been a candidate or politician, but rather social movements. On God’s Side is Wallis’ two-part primer for the movements of the “Matthew 25 Christians” he believes will make real, substantive change in American politics.
Read my entire review in the October 2013 issue of U.S. Catholic magazine here.
Jim Wallis, the well-known evangelical activist and editor of Sojourners magazine, continues his conversation about religion and politics in his latest book, On God’s Side. Referring to the Abraham Lincoln quote, “My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side,” Wallis is back to warning about “What Religion Forgets and Politics Hasn’t Learned,” namely the common good.
In a message apparently meant for Democrats frustrated with President Barack Obama, Wallis reminds us that the solution has never been a candidate or politician, but rather social movements. On God’s Side is Wallis’ two-part primer for the movements of the “Matthew 25 Christians” he believes will make real, substantive change in American politics.
– See more at: http://www.uscatholic.org/articles/201309/read-gods-side-27879#sthash.ziXzG8Wd.dpuf
Jim Wallis, the well-known evangelical activist and editor of Sojourners magazine, continues his conversation about religion and politics in his latest book, On God’s Side. Referring to the Abraham Lincoln quote, “My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side,” Wallis is back to warning about “What Religion Forgets and Politics Hasn’t Learned,” namely the common good.
In a message apparently meant for Democrats frustrated with President Barack Obama, Wallis reminds us that the solution has never been a candidate or politician, but rather social movements. On God’s Side is Wallis’ two-part primer for the movements of the “Matthew 25 Christians” he believes will make real, substantive change in American politics.
– See more at: http://www.uscatholic.org/articles/201309/read-gods-side-27879#sthash.ziXzG8Wd.dpuf
Jim Wallis, the well-known evangelical activist and editor of Sojourners magazine, continues his conversation about religion and politics in his latest book, On God’s Side. Referring to the Abraham Lincoln quote, “My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side,” Wallis is back to warning about “What Religion Forgets and Politics Hasn’t Learned,” namely the common good.
In a message apparently meant for Democrats frustrated with President Barack Obama, Wallis reminds us that the solution has never been a candidate or politician, but rather social movements. On God’s Side is Wallis’ two-part primer for the movements of the “Matthew 25 Christians” he believes will make real, substantive change in American politics.
– See more at: http://www.uscatholic.org/articles/201309/read-gods-side-27879#sthash.ziXzG8Wd.dpuf