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On God's Side: What Religion Forgets and Politics Hasn't Learned about Serving the Common Good Audiobook
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"My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side."--Abraham LincolnLincoln led America through one of the most tumultuous times in our nation's history. Reading his words today, it is clear we still have much to learn concerning what it means to be on God's side.Bestselling author, public theologian, and leading Christian activist Jim Wallis speaks directly into our current context, revealing the spiritual compass we need to effect lasting change in our society. He explains how the good news of Jesus transforms not only our individual lives but also our public lives. Jesus's gospel of the kingdom of God helps us recover a personal and social commitment to the common good and shows us--in concrete ways--how to be both personally responsible and socially just. Working together, we can reshape our churches, society, politics, and economy.Releasing in the wake of the 2012 election cycle, this book seeks to move beyond the current media and political warfare and bring together a divided country. Wallis explores how Jesus's agenda can serve the common good, what it takes to sustain a lifelong commitment to social justice, and how reading the Bible as well as the culture can shape our lives for genuine transformation.
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“Jim Wallis is asking a question whose time has come. Are we pursuing a national agenda that seeks the common good or are we seeking to baptize our political agendas with faith? Leaders both religious and political must take Wallis’ challenge seriously when pondering the future of our life together.”
— Rev. Gabriel Salguero, president, National Latino Evangelical Coalition
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“There are few people on the scene who can put together mature Christianity with mature politics without compromising either. Jim Wallis does it best—and does it again here.”
— Richard Rohr, OFM, Center for Action and Contemplation, Albuquerque, New Mexico -
“No one cuts through the confusion of our times with clarity and compassion like Jim Wallis. He is at his best in this book—bridging a cosmic vision of what humankind could be with a concrete plan for how we get there.”
— Eboo Patel, founder and president, Interfaith Youth Core; author of Sacred Ground -
“This sweeping tour de force by America’s most prominent religious social justice activist is at once deeply personal and powerfully universal. A must-read book for policy makers, religious leaders, and anyone looking for a moral basis to address America’s urgent problems.”
— Rabbi David Saperstein, director, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism -
“This is the finest of all Jim Wallis’ writings.”
— Joel C. Hunter, senior pastor -
“On God’s Side is Jim’s best book; it is personal, pastoral, and prophetic.”
— Scot McKnight, Northern Seminary -
“I love the work and books and existence of Jim Wallis.”
— Anne Lamott, author of Help, Thanks, Wow: The Three Essential Prayers
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About Jim Wallis
Jim Wallis is the author of multiple New York Times bestselling books, including God’s Politics. In 2022 and 2023, he was named by Washingtonian magazine as one of the 500 most influential people shaping policy in Washington, DC. He is also the founder of Sojourners. He is Georgetown University’s inaugural holder of the Archbishop Desmond Tutu Chair in Faith and Justice and the director of its new Center on Faith and Justice. He served on President Obama’s first White House Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships.