Tag: Jim Wallis
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Center on Faith and Justice hosts pastors and seminarians for summer academy
This summer, Georgetown’s Center on Faith and Justice welcomed a select group of graduate and seminary students to the Hilltop for a certificate program that helps equip…
September 15, 2023
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Members of Congress help launch Georgetown’s new Center on Faith and Justice
Georgetown University’s new Center on Faith and Justice launched its public mission by hosting a bracing and important forum on voting rights with two of their strongest…
November 24, 2021
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RNS: To pass infrastructure bills, Democrats need to put their faith in moral language
More than any piece of legislation in our lifetimes, two fiercely debated bills coming up now in Congress have a chance to “bring good news to the poor,” in the words Jesus…
October 7, 2021
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CSPAN: Religious Leaders’ Comments to Reporters at the White House
A group of religious leaders on the Circle of Protection Steering Committee speak to reporters following a meeting at the White House to advocate for social programs and voting…
September 23, 2021
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Christian leaders meet with White House to advocate for social programs, voting rights
‘Those who have benefited the most should contribute to the common good of society and invest in the most vulnerable,’ the faith leaders said in a.…
September 22, 2021
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PRESS RELEASE: Church Leaders Meet with Senior White House Officials to Discuss Good News for the Poor in Pending Legislation
million members are working together as the Circle of Protection to urge passage of the momentous economic bills that Congress is considering now and voting rights legislation…
September 22, 2021
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Opinion: It’s time at last for an ethical conversation about Afghanistan
Before Afghanistan leaves the front pages, before the 20-year conflict gets reduced to a campaign season one-liner, we need a national ethical conversation about what happened.…
September 15, 2021
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Faith leaders backing Okla. death row inmate hail parole board’s commutation request
The Rev. Jim Wallis, the founder of Sojourners and now director of the Center on Faith and Justice at Georgetown University, also wrote to the governor and the board citing…
September 14, 2021
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Church Times: Jim Wallis to be Chair in Faith and Justice at Georgetown University
THE founder of Sojourners, the Revd Jim Wallis, is to step down after more than 50 years, to take up the inaugural Chair in Faith and Justice at Georgetown.…
July 2, 2021
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Reverend Jim Wallis Joins Georgetown as Inaugural Chair in Faith and Justice, Will Lead New Faith and Justice Center
Georgetown and the University’s McCourt School of Public Policy today announced that Jim Wallis, founder of the Christian social justice organization Sojourners, will join the…
June 16, 2021