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Tuesday, March 04, 2008

Last night I heard Jim Wallis sojo.net give an inspirational and very motivational talk at the LoDo Tattered Cover bookstore here in Denver about his new book The Great Awakening—Reviving Faith & Politics in a Post-Religious Right America. Just found this TV interview in UK about his previous best-selling book God’s Politics, makes several of the points in this interview that he made last night.

After his talk, I had the chance to talk with him about the caucus vs primary states. He thinks the caucus does promote greater civic participation, which is a good thing. He spoke of rebranding the Christian Church in politics, “Martin Luther King didn’t endorse candidates, he had candidates endorse his agenda.” Wallis is a great admirer of William Wilberforce who ended slavery in the UK, and the resent movie about him Amazing Grace.

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