GOD’S POLITICS
Why the American Right gets it wrong and the Left doesn't get it
By Jim Wallis. Lion Hudson. 384 pages. £9.99
ISBN 0 7459 5224 0
A book written by an American about American politics and the American religious scene — what relevance has it to those outside the 52 states? But then how often do you see a Christian book, endorsed (on its cover) by as high a political figure as the UK Chancellor, Gordon Brown?
In a separate preface to the British edition, Wallis argues that his American book is relevant to us because essentially it is about the connection between personal values and public life, between spirituality (faith) and politics — and this is a live debate in the UK today.
