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01/12/2009
Stearns, the CEO of World Vision, says Christians have a huge hole in their lives, an emptiness that comes from ignoring the plight of the poor. He details his own quest to fill this hole by leaving Lenox Inc., where he was CEO, to run a not-for-profit that helps feed, clothe, and educate children worldwide. Unlike many evangelical Christians, Stearns believes poverty is explained by something more than choices, and lifting cultures from the systemic causes of poverty requires a multi-pronged approach. This accessible book will make it into the hands of evangelical Christians who may not pick up one of the many ABA books on issues of hunger, access to clean water, malaria and AIDS. Readers of Rick Warren, Jim Wallis and N.T. Wright will find Stearns synthesizing thoughts from them as well as from economists and missionaries.
03/31/2008
Recognizing that America's faithful have subverted their evangelical Christian ideology into a conservative political ideology, [Jim] Wallis reminds readers that to follow the spirit of Christianity truly does mean to go beyond the simple two-party system and understand the greater principles of the faith.
03/05/2008
Certain writers offer an informed glimpse into the 2008 landscape of religiously charged politics. Jim Wallis, in The Great Awakening: Reviving Faith & Politics in a Post-Religious Right America (HarperOne, Jan.), takes readers inside the world of religious agenda-making with anecdotes, calls to action and signs of hope that his unchanging dreams are gaining traction.
03/03/2008
The title of Jim Wallis's new book, The Great Awakening: Reviving Faith and Politics in a Post–Religious Right America (HarperOne, Feb.), is a prophecy as well as a promise.
01/14/2008
The Great Awakening by Jim Wallis (HarperOne, $25.95). 150,000 copies.
12/24/2007
The interviews and characters presented can be compelling and thought-provoking, though the book feels scattered and rushed, incorporating multiple outrageous, made-for-the-screen moments. [Dan]Merchant reiterates popular themes but without the thoughtfulness of Jim Wallis or the research of David Kinnaman's unChristian , and the concluding list of questions is particularly unsatisfying.
Two evangelical Christian authors with divergent political views will discuss their new book, Left, Right & Christ: Evangelical Faith in Politics (Russell Media, Oct.) in a forum at James Chapel, Union Theological Seminary, 3041 Broadway (at 121st St.) in New York City on Thursday, October 6, at 7:00 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Lisa Sharon Harper, director of mobilizing at Sojourners, a progressive evangelical organization that advocates social justice, and D.C. Innes, associate professor politics at The King’s College, will discuss the book in a conversation moderated by Kirsten Powers of Fox News and The Daily Beast. A panel discussion will follow with Jim Wallis (God’s Politics), president and CEO of Sojourners, and Richard Land (The Divided States of America), president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention.
