Jim Wallis Talks About "God's Politics" (Progressive religion)

Jim Wallis Talks About "God's Politics" (his Latest Best Seller) and Values...by Which Wallis Doesn't Mean Hate, Greed, and War Mongering

A BUZZFLASH INTERVIEW
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"Christianity Today" describes Jim Wallis as "an evangelical leader in the faith-based Left and a frequent critic of George W. Bush." Is there any wonder BuzzFlash is drawn to him? Both preacher and down-in-the-trenches social justice activist, Wallis currently is touring the country as a New York Times best-selling author discussing and signing his book, God's Politics, a BuzzFlash premium. Not surprisingly, Wallis' message of inclusion and involvement is reverberating with Christians who don't like the right wing's "holier than thou" approach to politics, with its narrow and divisive emphasis on abortion and gay marriage. BuzzFlash talked with Jim Wallis about progressive values, God, and good deeds.

BuzzFlash: The subtitle of your book, God’s Politics, poses the question, "Why the right gets it wrong and the left doesn’t get it." What do you mean by that?


Jim Wallis: The right is very comfortable with the language of faith and values and God and faith. In fact, they think they own it sometimes, or almost own religion or own God.

And then they narrow everything to one or two hot-button social issues, as if abortion and gay marriage are the only two moral values questions. And those are important issues and they need a deeper, wider conversation – kind of a moral discussion on all sides. That’s fine.

More:
http://www.buzzflash.com/interviews/05/02/int05008.html

He doesn't want non-CHristians converted or dead. I actually like him (keep an eye on him in case) but at least he gets why the Christian right is flawed and why the left ignores religion. If Dems can speak faith (all) and get support from them, Christian right would be weakened and maybe destroyed.

I just posted this one on my blog this a.m.

My favorite quote from the interview:
I think Martin Luther King did it best. With that Bible in one hand and the Constitution in the other hand, he really didn't pronounce, he persuaded. He didn't shut people out; he invited everybody in to a moral discourse on politics. And he said we can do better. We can do better than this by our democratic values, by our religious values.