God's politics : why the right gets it wrong and the left doesn't get it
著者
書誌事項
God's politics : why the right gets it wrong and the left doesn't get it
HarperSanFrancisco, 2005
1st ed
- : hardback
大学図書館所蔵 全6件
注記
Includes bibliographical references
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内容説明
Conservative evangelicals have hugged their Bibles, worn their flag pins, and self-righteously attempted to co-opt any discussion of religion and politics. Liberals are embarrassed to discuss their religious beliefs in public and attempt to avoid the subject altogether. Is there an appropriate way Christians and other morally concerned people can express their faith and values in the public debate while still supporting the constitutional separation of church and state? We've become great at pursuing our individual spiritualities, but in the process may have lost sight of the power of religious belief for motivating social reform. What we need is something akin to the social politics of Jesus: speaking out for peace, justice, the poor and disenfranchised, while speaking out against oppressive government and rampant commercialism. Drawing on his experiences with the poor, with preachers, and with presidents, Wallis points a way for every person to draw on their faith and spiritual tradition to do their part, offering practical tips for how one can enact the spiritual ethic in their own public lives. Wallis finds the current conservative, liberal, and libertarian options out-of-ste
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