Just Politics

"Ron Sider once again proves that he is one of our country's most important public theologians. Tackling the most pertinent debates of the day, Just Politics offers a blueprint for how evangelicals can be politically active in a biblically coherent, spiritually mature, and publicly reflective way. Any Christian who is looking to be challenged in what it means to be faithful and politically engaged should read this book!"
-Jim Wallis, president and CEO, Sojourners; author, On God's Side: Reclaiming the Good News of Jesus for the Common Good

"Ron Sider, the founder of Evangelicals for Social Action, sets forth in this book ways in which Christians can work for justice with the political systems of our day. Drawing on his extensive scholarly research and his lifetime of activism, he provides a scenario that can assist Christians who want to responsibly implement biblical principles in the decisions of government. Those who want to know how to make informed statements in response to the crucial issues of these perilous times will find this book an invaluable guide. Ron Sider writes with clarity and conviction. This book deserves praise!"
-Tony Campolo, Eastern University

"Ron Sider builds on years of experience and conversations with Christians across a very wide spectrum. His balance is better than that of most who want to influence politics for the better. And biblical faith is the solid platform on which he builds and balances. . . . Listen to Ron carefully before taking your next step. Just Politics: that's what we need."
-James W. Skillen, former president, Center for Public Justice


Praise for the previous edition of Just Politics:
"For decades now, Sider has been the evangelical Christian world's clearest, sanest, and most biblically faithful voice on politics and public policy. Now, . . . Sider serves up his most compelling statement ever on how Christians can and should influence American government to promote the common good both at home and abroad. It would be a scandal for anyone who truly cares about the subject not to read and heed this marvelous book by the evangelical thinker who puts the fact-based in faith-based and practices what he preaches. Sider is a civic and intellectual treasure."
-John J. DiIulio Jr., first director, White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives; author, Godly Republic

"Ron Sider could well be our nation's best professor of Christian social activism. He not only equips us to understand the Bible's teaching on current issues, he also trains us for loving and effective political involvement. This book should be a guidebook for Christians who want to be a voice for Jesus in shaping social policy. This book is becoming a part of my personal discipleship process."
-Joel C. Hunter, senior pastor, Northland, A Church Distributed; executive committee member, National Association of Evangelicals

"The Scandal of Evangelical Politics is in some ways a culminating achievement of Ron Sider's remarkable life of service to God's kingdom. The fulfillment of a dream he has long cherished, Sider here offers a mature, balanced, well-informed, richly biblical Christian political ethic for a broad audience. Far less a work of critique than of constructive thought, the book reflects Sider's commitment to both/and rather than either/or thinking, his hopeful spirit, and his wide reading and dialogue both nationally and internationally. This is a significant contribution to the emerging evangelical center in Christian political ethics."
-David P. Gushee, Distinguished University Professor of Christian Ethics, Mercer University; president, Evangelicals for Human Rights; author, The Future of Faith in American Politics

"For decades now Ron Sider has been a rare voice in the public square calling believers to both a broader agenda that includes the poor and to an approach to public life that is less sectarian and more grounded in a principled pluralism and love of neighbor. Here, Sider systematically offers a badly needed public philosophy to ground that work, one reflective of biblical ethics and history, and one that points to both the promises as well as the limits of the State in settling the great moral and social issues of society. Reflecting well his own Anabaptist history, Sider consistently brings a quiet, thoughtful yet compelling voice to the policy table. Ron's work has undoubtedly helped usher in an era in which fewer believers rush to embrace the secular ideologies of either Left or Right-and even less the rancorous behavior associated with them-and instead embrace a deeper biblical ethic as a guide to political positions as well as public conduct."
-Don Eberly, author; White House aide to presidents Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush