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The “Religious Right” lost its religion when it began to identify with first being a “conservative” movement within one Political Party.

The "peace and justice" Christians are insistent in telling us they don't wish to move away from issues such as the protection of unborn Christian life. They simply seek to "expand" Christian social witness away from a truncated "Religious Right" focus on abortion and marriage. We're not pro-abortion, groups such as Sojourners and leaders such as Jim Wallis assure us. It's just that we believe that life doesn't begin at conception and end at birth. We believe, they say, that global warming and quality day care and an increased minimum wage are pro-life issues too! Next time you hear this...

You may remember MahonyFest 2006 with dread. The Religious Education Congress in LA showcases the cardinal's violations of liturgical norms, bad taste in music, gimpy wanna be pop stars and the oddest dancing this side of "Hair". Then there are the speakers, some of which make one wonder. Every day has a main speaker. On Saturday it's a priest specializing in "social justice". The Sunday address will be given by Jim Wallis. Who's Jim Wallis? Another "social justice" guy. Or rather, "socialist justice". A Protestant married to an Anglican priestess, he's as left as it gets. He founded the magazine...

Weekend Edition - Saturday, December 24, 2005 · The Rev. Jim Wallis is author of God's Politics: Why the Right Gets it Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It and founder of the Christian ministry group Sojurners. He offers his views on politics and religion to Scott Simon.

http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/schedule.csp Interview After Words with Jim Wallis C-SPAN Wallis, Jim, Editor in Chief, [Sojourners] Magazine Tate, Randy, Executive Director (1997-1999), Christian Coalition Jim Wallis discusses his book "God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It," published by HarperSanFrancisco. Mr. Wallis argues that Democratic Party needs to challenge the faith-based issues Republicans are using to connect with religious voters. He is interviewed by former Congressman Randy Tate, who led the Christian Coalition from 1997-1999. Jim Wallis is a public theologian, preacher, faith-based activist and author of seven books. He is the founder of Sojourners, a...

Jim Wallis is a Christian leader for social change. He is a speaker, author, activist, and international commentator on ethics and public life. Wallis was a founder of Sojourners - Christians for justice and peace - more than 30 years ago and continues to serve as the editor of Sojourners magazine, covering faith, politics and culture. In 1995, Wallis was instrumental in forming Call to Renewal, a national federation of churches, denominations, and faith-based organizations from across the theological and political spectrum working to overcome poverty.

Evangelical activist says it's time to find common ground on abortion and other issues. Jim Wallis, convener of Call to Renewal, has been calling on Christians to see political involvement beyond the perennial issues of abortion and gay rights. Wallis, a registered Democrat, is an evangelical leader in the faith-based Left and a frequent critic of George W. Bush. His profile has been raised as national Democrats have started to talk to him about how they can better reach out to values voters in the wake of Republican victories on November 2. The Democratic National Committee is meeting today in...

February 11, 2005CONGRESSIONAL MEMODemocrats Getting Lessons in Speaking Their ValuesBy SHERYL GAY STOLBERG ASHINGTON, Feb. 10 - Ever since the November election, Democrats have known that the hottest V-word is not "veto" or "Viagra," it is "values." Now, as hundreds of the party's elite descend here to select a new chairman and chart a course for the future, Democrats are enlisting a bevy of consultants - church leaders, a marketing guru from Silicon Valley and even a linguist - to redefine themselves and discover a message that will sell at the polls.To George Lakoff, a professor at the University of...

Democrats, reeling from the Republicans' success at courting churchgoers, are focusing new attention on a religious and political anomaly: Jim Wallis, one of the few prominent left-leaning leaders among evangelical Protestants. At the start of the Congressional session, Senate Democrats invited Mr. Wallis to address their members at a private session to discuss issues. A group of about 15 House Democrats invited him to a breakfast discussion about dispelling their party's secular image. And NBC News has enlisted him to appear as a guest during its inauguration coverage opposite Dr. James C. Dobson, one of the most prominent evangelical conservatives....