The Great Awakening

A spiritual revival is transforming American public life, offering a moral compass beyond the exhausted battles of left and right.

Now in paperback: the bestselling author of God’s Politics revives our hope in a politics that reflects our highest common values and offers a roadmap for solving our biggest social problems.

Drawing on historic revivals from the abolitionist struggle to the civil rights movement, the book demonstrates how spiritual renewal has repeatedly reshaped American democracy.

Wallis outlines an agenda of the moral center, pointing toward concrete commitments that tackle persistent poverty, environmental degradation, and the human costs of war. Congregations and grassroots networks mobilize around these shared priorities, grounding public engagement in ethical accountability.

• Faith and Politics: Examines how a post-Religious Right landscape allows moderate evangelicals, Catholics, and secular progressives to unite on urgent public challenges.
• Social Justice: Lays out concrete models for eliminating extreme poverty, drawing on grassroots initiatives like the Welcome Table and urban church partnerships.
• The Common Good: Applies a consistent ethic of life to issues spanning universal healthcare, environmental stewardship, and humane alternatives to capital punishment.
• Actionable Strategies: Explores how nonviolent realism and international law enforcement offer practical frameworks to resolve armed conflict and counter global terror.
• Also by This Author: Christ in Crisis, God’s Politics and The Call to Conversion.