This guy is a typical liberal. I've seen him on a couple of shows, and he always makes sure to say that abortion and marriage are important issues, but not the only issues.... This, as well as the title about the Right Getting it Wrong, translates into him being a supporter of having Courts impose gay marriage/civil unions and abortion on demand on the entire nation.
And what this guy doesn't understand is that its not the case that conservative evangelicals are 'pro-rich' or 'pro-war', and that they don't care about poverty or justice, but rather that they are not willing to unconditionally surrender on the social and cultural issues like he wants them to do.
This gent was on Chris Matthews "Hardball" last night bad mouthing the President along with Matthews. He is the worst kind of Democrat failure. Wouldn't touch him with a ten foot pole. He thinks if we make nice with Muslim terrorists, and turn the other cheek, all will be okay. His way is the ticket of death for millions of Americans. What a waste of humanity!!!
A title destined to sell dozens of books.
If anyone were to write a book on the politics of God it should be Selwyn Duke.
See http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/duke/040913
Wallis' real faith is liberalism - not Christianity. The "Christianity" of folks like Wallis consists of the same melodrama of oppresser/oppressed present in all liberal dogma - a model derived from Hegel. That's what the term "justice" refers to.
Thus, the murderous thug that abducted a young Wal-Mart employee today bears no moral responsibility for his actions. He was a member of an oppressed group and therefore it was the victim, a member of the oppresser group, who unfortunately had to atone (by her death) for the centuries of evil committed by her ancestors. (Most liberals aren't honest enough to state the above position directly, but it is referred to in numerous oblique ways.)
Once a person is deemed (by liberals like Wallis) to be a member of the oppressed, they are completely absolved of all moral responsibility for their deeds. That's why murderous Islamic terrorists in Israel and elsewhere are referred to as "insurgents" or "rebels" - their actions aren't subject to any moral judgement, since they are simply reacting to the oppression of evil Americans, etc. Contrast that with the characterizations of American forces who open fire upon cars that refuse to stop at roadblocks, etc.
The excerpts remind me of some excerpts I read from a book called Conversations with God some years back. Basically, the guy's "conversations" portrayed God in the Howard Dean model.
a nationwide network of progressive Christians
That's as far as I needed to read!
In layman's terms:
Psalms 33:12 "Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD: and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance."