I am not a social activist : making Jesus the agenda / Ronald J. Sider ; foreword by Myron S. Augsburger.

Author/creator Sider, Ronald J.
Format Book
Publication InfoScottdale, Pa. : Herald Press, ©2008.
Description213 pages ; 21 cm
Subjects

Contents Jesus, be the center -- What keeps you going, Ron? -- I'm not a social activist -- Visibility, vanity and the media -- God's wholesome love : a gospel agenda for today -- Family and marriage -- Living between Christmas and Easter -- My Father's briefcase -- Twice helpless, always beloved -- The awesome goodness of human love : a meditation at Christmas -- Wedded witness -- Praying for a family miracle -- Departures -- Devotional snuggling -- Theological fragments -- Heaven is not my home -- Naming sin and communicating compassion -- Embracing finitude -- Politics and Christmas -- Naturalism versus theism? : an honest search for truth -- Combining evangelism and social action -- A tale of two churches -- Holistic ministries start small -- Keys to holistic ministry -- Injustice against women -- Evangelicalism -- Why would anybody ever want to be an evangelist? -- Are evangelical leaders on their way to hell? -- An alternate evangelical voice -- Needed : a progressive evangelical network -- On giants shoulders -- The nivi and the future of evangelicalism -- What should evangelicals do now? -- A new evangelical consensus on politics? -- The scandal of the evangelical conscience -- Never before in American history -- Taking another step together -- Wealth, poverty, materialism and Sabbath -- They're still hungry : we're still rich -- Christians and materialism : is it godly? -- Consumers, advisers, workaholics and the Sabbath -- A growing movement to overcome global poverty -- Peace and nonviolence -- What exists is possible -- War and peace : it's time to live what we preach -- The way of the cross : nonviolent resistance -- Thinking politically -- Can our politics be Christian? -- If I had one political wish -- Could churches and synagogues help? -- The congress that stole Christmas -- Needed : an evangelical political philosophy -- Should we attack iraq? : what kind of world will we promote? -- Blinded by fright.
LCCN 2007043024
ISBN9780836193961 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0836193962 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HN 31 .S537 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold