With his trademark shoot-from-the-heart style, Tony Campolo shatters the stereotype of evangelical Christians as a monolithic mass of social conservatives. In Speaking My Mind, this prolific author and university professor takes issue with the public image of evangelicals as right-wing hardliners and claims a place at the table for socially liberal viewpoints.

Experience has taught Campolo the hard lesson that by challenging the conser-vative agenda, he risks condemnation by brothers and sisters in Christ who disagree with him. It's a chance he's willing to take in order to speak the truth in love, insisting that God is a God of compassion, who accepts and loves us as we are-in all our diversity.

Depending on your point of view, Campolo's prophetic look at the evangelical movement will either fill you with hope or scare you to death.