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By Jim Wallis
Positioned Your religion into motion a number one voice on the crossroads of religion and politics bargains a prophetic allure for our instances: confronted with a turning out to be hole among the wealthy and bad, bombarded through nationwide safeguard indicators that ratchet up our tension degrees, taxed by means of a central authority that spends billions of bucks on warfare -- the place will we locate wish? during this revised and up-to-date variation of his vintage, Jim Wallis insightfully evaluations modern tradition and politics, inspiring us with tales to transform our frame of mind and aspect to an answer to our present social and political dilemmas.
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Potential converts are told that Jesus can make them happier, more self-satisfied, better adjusted, and more prosperous. Jesus quickly becomes the supreme product, attractively packaged and aggressively sold to a consuming public. Complete with billboards, buttons, and bumper stickers, modern evangelistic campaigns advertise Jesus in a competitive market. ” The gospel message has been molded to suit an increasingly narcissistic culture. Conversion is proclaimed as the road to self-realization. Whether through evangelical piety or liberal therapy, the role of religion is presented as a way to help us uncover our human potential—our potential for personal, social, and business success, that is.
Jesus quickly becomes the supreme product, attractively packaged and aggressively sold to a consuming public. Complete with billboards, buttons, and bumper stickers, modern evangelistic campaigns advertise Jesus in a competitive market. ” The gospel message has been molded to suit an increasingly narcissistic culture. Conversion is proclaimed as the road to self-realization. Whether through evangelical piety or liberal therapy, the role of religion is presented as a way to help us uncover our human potential—our potential for personal, social, and business success, that is.
In the worst sections of Detroit, Chicago, the District of Columbia, or the South Bronx, I have never seen such human misery. I was told later that the government had come in two weeks after our visit and leveled the shantytown. The people were given fifteen minutes to pack up and clear out before officials set fire to the whole place and burned it to the ground. With no place to go, some would try to return to their former land in the rural areas, land that had been taken 42 The Call to Conve r sion over by foreign corporations.