TY - BOOK AU - Wallis,Jim TI - God's politics: why the right gets it wrong and the left doesn't get it SN - 9780060834470 AV - BR526.W214.G637 2006 PY - 2006/// CY - [San Francisco] PB - HarperSanFrancisco KW - Christianity and politics KW - United States N1 - 1; 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 --; The monologue is over : signs of change in the political landscape; 2 ER -