Jim Wallis

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Jim Wallis (born June 4, 1948 in Detroit , Michigan ) is an American evangelical preacher , founder of the Christian Sojourners Commune , political activist, presidential advisor, author and lecturer in politics and religion at Harvard . He is one of the leading figures of the left evangelicals (American: Red-Letter Christians ) worldwide.

Life

He graduated from Michigan State University and attended Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield , Illinois , where he was already gathering like-minded people. In 1971 the Christian Sojourners Commune emerged , which he founded and has been leading ever since. He also heads the non-profit Call to Renewal , which emerged from Sojourners in 1995 and works with various religious figures , organizations and churches to eradicate poverty. Wallis is friends with the Franciscan and author Richard Rohr , with whom he worked primarily in the peace movement of the 1970s.

Since President George W. Bush took office , he has also distinguished himself as a critic of his theological arguments. He was also spiritual advisor to Hillary Clinton , Barack Obama and spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos to share his views. He is a regular columnist for the Sojourners online magazine , but his writings have also been featured in influential media outlets, and he teaches a course in politics and religion at Harvard University in Boston .

He now lives in downtown Washington, DC with his wife Joy and sons Luke and Jack

Works

In English

  • The New Radical. 1983, ISBN 0-85648-594-2 . (Autobiography)
  • Who Speaks for God? 1996
  • Faith Works. 2000
  • God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It. Harper Collins, 2005
  • The Great Awakening. Reviving Faith and Politics in a Post-Religious Right America , HarperOne 2008, ISBN 978-0-06-055829-1

In German translation

  • Conversion to life. Succession in the Atomic Age. Brendow , Moers 1983 and 2001. ISBN 978-3-87067-208-9 (Original edition: The Call to Conversion. 1981)
  • Revival. My pilgrimage. Brendow, Moers 1986. ISBN 978-3-87067-244-7
  • Peacemaker. Brockhaus , Wuppertal 1989, ISBN 3-922819-09-5 . (Editor)
  • The soul of politics. Claudius , Munich 1995, ISBN 3-532-62182-7 . (Original edition: The Soul of Politics. 1994)
  • Who, if not we. Disputable visions for a just policy . 1st edition. Brendow, Moers 2007, ISBN 3-86506-167-2 (493 pages, translated by Martin Rometsch). English original edition: God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It.Harper Collins, 2005

Honors

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ [1] Jim Wallis in Christianity Today
  2. ↑ [2] Jim Wallis in The Huffington Post
  3. ↑ http://sojo.net/jim-wallis
personal data
SURNAME Wallis, Jim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American preacher, Christian minister, and author
DATE OF BIRTH June 4, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Detroit , Michigan, USA