Jim Wallis

Jim Wallis is a bestselling author, public theologian, speaker,
preacher, and international commentator on religion and public life,
faith, and politics. His latest book is The Great Awakening: Reviving Faith & Politics in a Post–Religious Right America (HarperOne, 2008). His previous book, God’s Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn’t Get It
(Harper Collins, 2005), was on The New York Times bestseller list for
four months. He is President and Chief Executive Officer of Sojourners,
where he is editor-in-chief of Sojourners magazine and his columns
appear in major newspapers, including The New York Times, The
Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and both Time and Newsweek
online.

A Moral Center

It is in this radical center that we find common ground and indeed, what most of us really believe. That belief recognizes that healthy communities are based in “responsible behavior, responsible policies,” not just one or the other.