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Jim Wallis has gathered a group of fellow writers to start “God’s Politics”. Starting on September 15, the partnership between Sojourners and Beliefnet aims to provide fresh conversation about faith, politics and soceity. Writers include Brian McLaren, Amy SUllivan, Noel Castellanos, Robert Franklin, Diana Butler Bass, Obery Hendricks, Sister Helen Prejean, Ron Sider, Tony Campolo, Christine Sine.

This is a blog with a difference. One of Jim’s first posts was a dialogue with Ralph Reed, former director of the Christian Coalition in the United States. Wallis succintly outlines his concerns about the narrowness of the Religious Right’s agenda. Reed responds by suggesting that Wallis is fighting a ’straw man’. Wallis responds in turn with a more detailed analysis of the issues facing the Religious Right, asking for an alternative to the liberal/conservative polarisation found in American politics. And so the conversation goes…

There’s a link to a YouTube video of Jim Wallis on CBS Evening News.

Check out God’s Politics at www.beliefnet.com/blogs/godspolitics/