Jim Wallis

Author; Editor-in-Chief, Sojourners

Jim Wallis is an evangelical Christian reverend known as a writer and activist. He founded Sojourners Magazine in 1971 and currently serves as its Editor-in-Chief. His most recent book is The Great Awakening: Reviving Faith and Politics in a Post-Religious Right America (2008). He teaches a course on religion and politics at Harvard University. In 2000, he received the Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience award. Born in 1948, Wallis attended Michigan State University and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.

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Religion in a Modern World

The importance of balancing reflection and activism.

Democracy is ideal for religion.

Re: Whom would you like to interview, and what would you ask?

Gandhi and Mandela

Religion and Politics

A moral discourse on politics is key.

Re: What is the world’s biggest challenge in the coming decade?

Start with the income gap.

Re: What will be the legacy of George W. Bush?

A political and moral failure

How do we address the rise of religious fundamentalism?

The answer to bad religion is not secularism, but better religion.

Re: How should the Bible be interpreted?

Wallis wishes we were more literal about what Jesus said.

Re: The Moral Majority?

The religious right was not founded by religious leaders, Wallis says.

Christianity Today

The benefits of the mega-church.

Re: What do evangelicals stand for?

Wallis believes that he is a 19th century evangelical.

The god of the civil rights movement.

Re: Who are you?

Wallis, on the first time he heard about Dr. Martin Luther King.

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