The Reclaiming Hope

<p><strong>Now in paperback with a new afterword from the author. An important and extremely timely book...Get it read it and talk to others about it. --Timothy Keller</strong></p><p>In this unvarnished account of faith inside the world's most powerful office Michael Wear provides unprecedented insight into the highs and lows of working as a Christian in government. <em>Reclaiming Hope</em> is an insider's view of the most controversial episodes of the Obama administration from the president's change of position on gay marriage and the transformation of religious freedom into a partisan idea to the administration's failure to find common ground on abortion and the bitter controversy over who would give the benediction at the 2012 inauguration.</p><p>The book is also a passionate call for faith in the public square particularly for Christians to see politics as a means of loving one's neighbor and of pursuing justice for all. Engrossing illuminating and at time provocative <em>Reclaiming Hope</em> changes the way we think about the relationship of politics and faith.</p><p>A pre-Trump book with serious questions for our politics in the age of Trump...More necessary than ever before. -- <em>Sojourners</em></p><p>Should be read by Democrats and Republicans liberals and conservatives and all who are concerned by the state of our politics. --Kirsten Powers <em>USA Today</em> columnist and CNN political analyst</p><p><em>Reclaiming Hope</em> will certainly give you a fresh perspective on politics--but more importantly it may also give you a fresh perspective on faith.--Andy Stanley senior pastor of North Point Ministries</p><p>An important contribution in this age of religious and political polarization. --J.D. Vance author of <em>Hillbilly Elegy</em></p><p>A lifeline for these times. --Ann Voskamp author of <em>One Thousand Gifts</em> and <em>The Broken Way</em></p><p>We can hope and this book can help us. --Russell Moore president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention</p>