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The founding editor of Sojourners magazine, Wallis criticizes both liberals and conservatives and argues in favor of a progressive platform backed by an emphasis on spirituality.
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The founding editor of Sojourners magazine, Wallis criticizes both liberals and conservatives and argues in favor of a progressive platform backed by an emphasis on spirituality. (Publishers Weekly )

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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Harvest Books (September 15, 1995)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0156003287
  • ISBN-13: 978-0156003285
  • Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #384,015 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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62 of 63 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Disgusted with politics? Give this book a try!, March 4, 2002
By Kerry Walters (Lewisburg, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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Have you ever bought an interesting-looking book, tucked it away on a shelf, finally gotten around to reading it a couple of years later, and then kicked yourself for waiting so long? That's how I felt when I at last read Jim Wallis' *Soul of Politics*. If it doesn't reinspire you to work for a better society, nothing will.

Wallis calls for what he calls a "prophetic politics of personal and social transformation," one that's built on the Judaeo-Christian insight that righteousness requires both individual and social responsibility. A contemporary re-application of this insight can help the secular left and the religious right learn from and complement one another and break free of the dysfunctional impasse they've reached. The left tends to overemphasize structural evil at the expense of individual responsibility; the right tends to overemphasize individual virtue while ignoring structural evil. But the prophetic politics--the politics with soul--Wallis advocates takes both into consideration. Individual responsibility to other individuals, to the community, to the environment, a call to action that "challenges the old while announcing the new" (p. 53), a spirit-filled replacement of unjust institutions that prevent humans from attaining maximal being: this is the heart of Wallis' message.

It's easy to become cynical and opt out of the political arena to cultivate one's own garden. But if Wallis is correct, such a withdrawal--if I may use an old-fashioned word that we perhaps ought to take seriously again--is a sin. To remain silent in the face of injustice is to acquiesce to it. Wallis' book gives us a good idea of how to go about healing the fragmentation of our society. The last third of the book deals with strategic details.

Read this book. Politics is too important to be left to the professional politicians.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Truly Outstanding.... a Mindchanger, September 23, 1998
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This book was truly an eye-opener for me. From Wallis's evaluation of what the Old-Testament prophets REALLY spent most of their time addressing, to suggestions as to how we can help solve the challenging societal problems that we face... I just found this book amazing. The first book in years that I've wanted to buy by the caseload and distribute randomly to anybody who'll take a copy. Highly recommended.
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17 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A different look at politcs, July 17, 2001
Jim Wallis delivers and excellent work I was alerted to a few years ago. This book forces Christians, from both sides of the political spectrum to examine what they believe, and why they believe it. Especially pointed are the criticisms of how both sides have plans to deal with the poor, but both are off base in the extremes of what they are trying to accomplish. Jim Wallis lives to serve the less-fortunate, and it shows in his servant attitude as he wrote this book. I give Jim Wallis high marks for this book that challenges the status-quo.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Author Doesn't Get It
The author, and most of the reviewers of this book, still don't get it. Liberalism is a religion--it is a "replacement theolology"--and the American Left is insidiously replacing... Read more
Published 22 months ago by J. Golden

5.0 out of 5 stars Is there any hope for contemporary politics?
I must admit, as a Black living in America, I'm inclined to read works written mostly by Black authors. Read more
Published on August 26, 2007 by Eric V. Johnson

5.0 out of 5 stars An Alternative to Politics
Jim Wallis takes on the world with this book. Evan though written more than 10 years ago, it is even more relevant today. Read more
Published on January 19, 2007 by Point Vivian

5.0 out of 5 stars A call to action
In some ways I wish I hadn't read this book, because now I have to do something. While I'm not sure what exactly that will be - something will change in my life. Read more
Published on November 9, 2006 by Andy Atkinson

5.0 out of 5 stars Faith Renewed
As someone that journeyed into the political life of this nation as a young man, I came to have a jaded and pessimistic view of the entire body politic. Read more
Published on November 13, 2005 by raulduke

5.0 out of 5 stars The best of both
Jim Wallis gets it! What we need is what both liberals and conservatives affifm (not what they deny). Read more
Published on October 13, 2005 by Meredith B. Handspicker

5.0 out of 5 stars "The Soul of Politics" gets to the heart of the matter
Wallis takes politics out of the hands of politicians and pundits and delivers it to spiritual folk with clear implications for their lives. Read more
Published on October 10, 2005 by Aunt Jo

4.0 out of 5 stars Great and timely advice, but...
This is a very admirable view and Wallis is very forgiving, as we all should be. That is, after all, the Christian way. Read more
Published on June 5, 2002

4.0 out of 5 stars widely relevant
i am not a christian, nor do i relate to the christian lifestyle yet i had no difficulty in recognizing the relevance and meaning in wallis's writing. Read more
Published on December 15, 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars An important book from an important voice
Unlike Ralp Reed, Pat Robertson etc. who the media have anoited the spokesmen for Christians, Wallis understands what social issues those who folow Christ should be concered... Read more
Published on October 5, 1998

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