Jim Wallis

What the Oprah-Obama Alliance Really Means

Adele Stan | Posted 08.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Religion, Oprah Winfrey, Democratic National Convention, Jim Wallis, Religion and Politics, Dnc, Marianne Williamson, Bigtentdenver, Barack Obama, The Media Consortium, Politics News

In the generic meeting-rooms of the Colorado Convention Center, a revolution is taking place in the Democratic Party. The people of faith have arrived.

Read Post

Another Religious Swing Vote

Jim Wallis | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Religion, Australia, Jim Wallis, Kevin Rudd, Evangelical, Poverty, Christian, Pentacostal, Politics News

One of the stories I first heard on my recent visit to Australia was about what helped swing the vote last November to Kevin Rudd, the new Labor prime...

Read Post

A Prime Minister's Preferential Option for the Poor, and the Planet

Jim Wallis | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Australia, Jim Wallis, Politics, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Poverty, Prime Miinister Kevin Rudd, Climate Change, Sojourners, Kevin Rudd, Politics News

I encouraged the young prime minister of Australia not to underestimate the influence of middle-sized countries in providing global leadership on some of the most important issues of our time.

Read Post

Obama, God And Governance

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 07.08.2008 | Home

Read More: Jon Meacham, Sojourner Obama, Alyssa Martin Obama, Alyssa Martin, Josh DuBois, Obama Christians, Andrew Sullivan Faith Obama, Obama Faith Based Initiative, African Methodist Episcopal Church, Obama Jon Meacham, Obamamoral Values, Obama Evangelicals, Obama, Obama Zanesville, Obama Colorado Springs, Barack Obama, Soledad O’Brien Obama, Obama Religion, Obama Faith, Sojourners Presidential Forum, Josh DuBois Obama, Jim Wallis, Senator Obama, Soledad O’Brien, Obama Values, Andrew Sullivan Obama, Soledad O’Brien Sojourner Obama, African Methodist Episcopal Church Obama, Jim Wallis Obama, Home News

Through his unabashed Christian faith, Obama is redefining the American Dream. His vision is one of individual freedom but tempered by obligation. Obama is pious and he is going to put us on a national diet.

Read Post

Jim Wallis, Evangelical Leader, Defends Obama, Rips Dobson

Greg Mitchell | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: James Dobson, Evangelicals, Jim Wallis, Barack Obama, Politics News

Wallis says, "Dobson and Minnery's language is simply inappropriate for religious leaders to use in an already divisive political environment."

Read Post

Seven Ways to Change the World

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gordon Brown, British Politics, Simon Mayo, Cluster Bombs, World Vision, Jim Wallis, Seven Ways to Change the World, Politics News

I am still convinced that Britain's leadership on issues of global poverty, climate change, human rights, and a better path to security could significantly influence U.S. policies.

Read Post

No Place for Religion: On Jeremiah Wright and Our Culture of Disbelief

Jeffrey Robbins | Posted 04.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Stephen Carter, Religion and Politics, John H. Thomas, Jim Wallis, Barack Obama, Jeremiah Wright, Bill Moyers, Politics News

What the widespread public condemnation of Reverend Wright reveals is that we do not respect the autonomy of religion.

Read Post

Video: Jim Wallis and Tony Perkins on CNN

Jim Wallis | Posted 04.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: James Dobson, Evangelical Attitudes, Family Research Council, Video, Tony Perkins, Jim Wallis, Election, Politics News

On CNN's Situation Room, Jim Wallis and the Family Research Council's Tony Perkins talk about evangelical attitudes in the election. Watch it: Jim...

Read Post

Faith and Politics? Be Not Afraid...

Linda Hansen | Posted 03.26.2008 | Home

Read More: Social Justice Gospel, Imperfect America, Jim Wallis, Fundamentalsim, Religious Right, Religion and Public Policy, Religion and Politics, Religion and Morality, Jeremiah Wright, Prosperity Gospel, Home News

I recently was fortunate enough to go to The Carter Center in Atlanta to hear Jim Wallis make a compelling argument for a citizen-driven movement for change in America.

Read Post

Video: Has the Religious Right Lost Its Way?

Jim Wallis | Posted 03.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Evangelical Agenda, Video, Tony Perkin, Sammy Rodriguez, Jim Wallis, Harry Jackson, Politics News

Jim Wallis talks with Tony Perkins (Family Research Council), Harry Jackson (High Impact Leadership), and Sammy Rodriguez (National Hispanic Leadershi...

Read Post

Who Are Red Letter Christians?

Tony Campolo | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Scripture, Progressive Christians, Poverty, Evangelical Christians, Progressives, Red Letter Christians, Evangelicals, Religion, Progressive Evangelicals, Jim Wallis, Jesus Christ, Christmas, Jesus, Religious Right, Christianity, Religion and Politics, Faith, Spirituality, Politics News

We are trying to create a new movement that seeks to make faithfulness to Biblical Christianity an imperative for progressive politics.

Read Post

New World Order ... American Style?

Malcolm Friedberg | Posted 11.07.2007 | Politics

Read More: Evangelical Environmentalists, Values Voters, Jim Wallis, Environmentalists, Evangelical Christians, Christianity, David Brower, Environmentalism, Al Gore, Evangelicals, Politics News

Under the category of strange bedfellows, could the alliance of evangelicals and environmentalists change the world?

Read Post

Video: The Changing Evangelical Electorate on CBS News

Jim Wallis | Posted 10.19.2007 | Politics

Read More: Voter Values, FRC, Jim Wallis, Voter Values Summit, Richard Land, Katie Couric, CBS Evening News, Politics News

On the eve of his dialoge with the Southern Baptist Convention's Richard Land at the Family Research Council's Values Voters Summit, Jim appeared on C...

Read Post