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God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It

Jim Wallis

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"It's about applying Christian principles in particular and broader religious principles in general to pursuit of politics, the idea being not integrating church contrary to the constitution, but taking account of one's religious views in the political environment, which in his mind is a good thing and in my mind as a person who's not religious, nor quite such a good thing. What I liked most about God's Politics is the way he that it stands up to the religious right, which has become very intimidating in this country. It has the Republican Party totally intimidated, and it -- the Democrats have sort of responded to it by trying to ignore religion, and they have to -- the Democrats also have to cater to people like me who don't think religion is such a good thing. But I like the idea they stand up to the religious right; I think for people like me, it's refreshing just to see an alternative to the agenda of the Christian right. And I think basically anybody who's looking for an alternative to the Christian right could find this an informative book. I think it even addresses the people in the Christian right who believe that their way of looking at things is the only true way; it offers them an alternative, too. I would give it about a three and a-half because I think it's more good than bad because it challenges the Christian right, and it invokes the principles of morality, which in his case, he considers to be embedded in religion. I think I would take off stars because he does what all of the good Christian ministers do regardless of their faith, and that is he interprets the Bible toward his own point of view."