What Is An Evangelical?
Most of my friends knew evangelicalism only through the big, bellicose voices of TV preachers and religio-political activists such as Pat Robertson, t...
Most of my friends knew evangelicalism only through the big, bellicose voices of TV preachers and religio-political activists such as Pat Robertson, t...
Jim Wallis | Posted 01.15.2012
Big sports at big colleges are big business for both the schools and the surrounding communities. The control and protection of money in so many of our institutions is a leading cause of institutional moral failure -- and the Penn State scandal is a colossal moral failure.
Timothy King | Posted 12.21.2011
"I don't think Bishop Jackson is offended by my ideology but by scripture itself. If he wants to toss out what the Bible has to say about wealth and poverty he might as well toss out the whole book..."
Jim Wallis | Posted 12.13.2011
You have awakened the sleeping giant, too long dormant, but ever present, deep in the American democratic spirit. You have given voice and space to the unspoken feelings of countless others about something that has gone terribly wrong in our society.
Jim Wallis | Posted 12.06.2011
Here are a few things I know about the Occupy Wall Street protesters: When they stand with the poor, they stand with Jesus. When they stand with the hungry, they stand with Jesus. When they stand for those without a job or a home, they stand with Jesus.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jaweed Kaleem | Posted 11.20.2011
DURHAM, N.C. -- As the nation struggles with 9.1 percent unemployment and President Barack Obama pushes a $447 billion job creation bill, a new survey...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jaweed Kaleem | Posted 11.09.2011
NEW YORK -- As Americans continue to debate the controversial decision by New York City officials to not include clergy-recited prayers in the Sept. 1...
Rev. Chuck Currie | Posted 10.08.2011
A faithful Baptist who loved the Lord, you could not find a more committed follower of Christ. He spoke often of his faith but was also critical of those who tried to turn faith into something purely political.
Jim Wallis | Posted 09.21.2011
Whenever a new budget or deficit reduction proposal is put forth, somebody should ask how it will impact the poorest and most vulnerable. This is a biblical question, a fair question and a question of justice.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jaweed Kaleem | Posted 09.20.2011
As President Barack Obama and members of Congress continue heated negotiations over the debt ceiling and deficit reduction, a coalition of Christian c...
Jim Wallis | Posted 09.13.2011
Our country is in the midst of a clash between two competing moral visions, between those who believe in the common good, and those who believe individual good is the only good. It's time our leaders in Washington listen to someone other then themselves.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jaweed Kaleem | Posted 09.20.2011
Updated July 14, 2011 1:14 a.m. As the heated political standoff over raising the nation's debt ceiling continues, with proposals to cut Medicare a...
Jim Wallis | Posted 08.23.2011
The president has announced that after an initial drawdown in Afghanistan, the remaining troops will be withdrawn "at a steady pace" going into 2014. But that's not good enough. President Obama had an opportunity to pivot his policy on the war and he didn't take it.
Jim Wallis | Posted 08.16.2011
There is a policy myth is that churches and charities alone could take care of the problems of poverty -- especially if we slashed taxes. But this really has more to do with libertarian political ideology than good theology.
Jim Wallis | Posted 08.02.2011
Congress is fed up with the war in Afghanistan, and its members' turn against the war mirrors the quickly changing public opinion.
Christopher LaTondresse | Posted 07.11.2011
As a committed Christian and a queer atheist who both work to advance interfaith and intercultural understanding, we've watched with heavy hearts as Sojournershas been taken to task.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jaweed Kaleem | Posted 07.09.2011
An unusual controversy is brewing between one of the nation's largest progressive Christian organizations and a New York-based group that advocates fo...
Posted 06.13.2011
By Richard Yeakley Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) The congressional budget compromise reached last week did not go far enough for some progre...
Jim Wallis | Posted 06.08.2011
The hunger fast for a moral budget has gone spiritually viral. Ten days ago, we announced that the budget debate had become a moral crisis. We now have more than 30,000 participants and are still growing.
Jim Wallis | Posted 05.28.2011
Every Christian, regardless of political affiliation, is called to take up the cause of the poor and the needy because that is God's heart, and we will be calling every legislator who says they are a Christian.
Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011
I like teachers. But what I am learning from conservatives these days, especially the hosts and commentators for Fox News is that public school teachers are greedy.
Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011
Cutting programs that help the most vulnerable isn't going to get us out of financial trouble, or reduce the deficit in ways that we now need.
Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011
The small percentage of Americans who have borne the brunt of the human costs of our Afghan war, the utter corruption of the government we are supporting, and the toll in civilian casualties all make the continuing of this war immoral.
Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011
Let's be clear: When politicians attack the poor, it is not partisan to challenge them -- it is a Christian responsibility.
Rose Marie Berger | Posted 05.25.2011
Retired Catholic Bishop Samuel Ruíz Garcia, known as the champion of the poor and indigenous in southern Mexico, died Jan. 24 of complications from diabetes. He was 86.
Sojourners | Posted 12.05.2011