Jim Wallis
Jim Wallis replaced as Sojourners editor after controversy over article on Catholic racism
By Aysha Khan — August 14, 2020
(RNS) — Wallis said the decision to remove an essay criticizing white supremacists within the Catholic Church was wrong.
Unequal suffering: Here’s how Congress should help
By Jim Wallis — May 1, 2020
(RNS) — While each of us has borne a variety of new burdens and dangers during this pandemic, those burdens are by no means distributed equally.
How we can use the current crisis in politics and Christianity to reclaim Jesus
By Jim Wallis — September 30, 2019
(RNS) — Reclaiming Jesus is not about making more Christians as much as it is about making Christians more genuinely and redemptively human.
Leaders of religious right balk at labeling Trump a racist
By David Crary — August 1, 2019
While some faith leaders have rebuked President Donald Trumps for a series of tweets they find offensive, his religious right supports claim the president's remarks are not racist and show his tough leadership style.
Why white evangelicals voted for Trump: Fear, power and nostalgia
By Jana Riess — July 2, 2018
(RNS) — Eighty-one percent of white evangelicals voted for Donald Trump, but why? Especially when there were three experienced evangelical candidates in the primary season? Historian John Fea traces a legacy of fear, power, and nostalgia among white evangelical voters.
How the social gospel movement explains the roots of today’s religious left
By Christopher H. Evans — July 18, 2017
The social gospel movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries has had a particularly significant impact on the development of the religious left.
Notable Christians who’ve had a change of heart on LGBT issues
By Madeleine Buckley — July 12, 2017
(RNS) These 10 people have publicly broken with Christian hard-line positions against same-sex marriage.
Does Judaism = liberalism?
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 15, 2017
Whether or not Judaism is liberalism, it still must speak to the world.
Frances FitzGerald on how evangelicals lost their way
By David P. Gushee — April 12, 2017
(RNS) When religious folk get entangled with secular politicians in the political arena, the politicians always win.
At US Capitol, Christians protest budget cuts
By Lauren Markoe — March 29, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) Wearing sackcloth and ashes, the group pitched a wooden cross on the grass and prayed for the nation's vulnerable.
Christians are ‘called to resist’ Trump
By David P. Gushee — May 1, 2016
(RNS) Why faithfulness to Jesus Christ is at stake in how Christians respond to Donald Trump.
U.S. Catholic bishops back Obama on Iran, warn Congress against meddling
By David Gibson — April 13, 2015
(RNS) Support from U.S. Catholic bishops and an alliance of mainline and evangelical leaders are more fodder for the White House as it wages a political battle for approval of a nuclear agreement with Iran.
Jim Wallis on Ferguson: Repentance has not happened there yet
By Lilly Fowler — October 10, 2014
(RNS) "I’ll say this as clearly as I can: What’s very clear is that black lives are worthless in America and the criminal justice system. It’s time to right that unacceptable wrong."
Tony Campolo to shutter the evangelical ministry he started 40 years ago
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — January 14, 2014
(RNS) “Too often, we old guys hang on too long and steal the spotlight from the new, bright, shining stars emerging as speakers and leaders,” Campolo said. “We keep occupying leadership without stepping aside and getting behind these speakers.”
’12 Years a Slave’ prompts calls for racial reconciliation
By Adelle M. Banks — October 15, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) “12 Years a Slave” may depict a bygone era in American history but religious leaders say it should spark increased attention about today's race relations.
