God's politics why the right gets it wrong and the left doesn't get it
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| Language: | English |
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[San Francisco] :
HarperSanFrancisco,
c2005.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.
