The Great Awakening: Reviving Faith and Politics in a Post-Religious Right America
by Jim Wallis
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Author: Jim WallisEdition: Hardcover
Published: 2008-02-01
ISBN: 0060558296
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: HarperOne
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Summary: 4 Stars
Finally, there is an evangelical who is not bent on ramming his faith down my throat. I thoroughly enjoyed this book because Jim Wallis speaks with common sense and wants to say that evangelicals are as sick of the religious right as the rest of us are. The religious right politicized religion to the detriment of us all.
But that being said, he is not promoting left wing or right wing policies. Instead, he wants to prote a non-political agenda where Christians actually do something for all society rather than simply push a political agenda that says the right is right and anyone else is wrong. Jim Wallis is articulate and persuasive. If there is one flaw to the book it is that he repeats himself way too much. I kept wanting to tell Jim "I get the point, now move on," but he continuously belabors his middle-of-the-road, the-time-for-action-is-now message.
But this is still an important book from an important theologian. He name drops a bit (most notably U2's Bono) but he clearly is elated that the religious right has lost its deathgrip on American politics. Now maybe common sense will take over and we can have a religious experience we can be proud of rather than divided into camps of those in power and those out of it.
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