i picked tony campolo’s book up, “red letter christian” at borders a couple days ago and have been digging through it. it’s an interesting read…one i encourage you to pick up. campolo addresses, with gusto as usual, serious issues facing our country and the world. even if you don’t agree with what he has to say, it’s a thought-provoking, discussion-encouraging book.
tony points out in the introduction that he doesn’t claim to have fool-proof insight or all the right answers, but he does say that his desire is to make voters consider the issues and find the best candidate rather than relying on a political party. i’ll be writing more about specific issues in the upcoming week.
contents include:
- the environment
- the iraq war
- palestine
- AIDS
- gay rights
- gun control
- education
- abortion
and numerous other issues. click the link above to go to the amazon website.
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1 onamountain // Feb 2, 2008 at 9:14 pm
I should start off by saying that I have not read this book, so this question is more directed to US politics in general than to Tony Campolo. In my relatively short lifetime, I have never known a government leadership in our own country that was not backed primarilly by wealth… something I see as a major drawback to real democracy. Basically, you cannot run for government office without either being wealthy yourself or having some wealthy individual’s pay for your way, and consequently, your loyalty. I see that as a major flaw in our government process and the means of adjusting that (such as congressional term limits) would be political and career suicide for the individuals getting it passed. I honestly do not pay much attention to candidates, especially presidential ones, anymore, because I have serious doubts about their ability to change a process that got them their jobs, their power, and their fame. Apathy tends not to be an appropriate Christian response, but I’m not sure what is appropriate at this point in my life.
-Tony
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