Engaging the Powers : discernment and resistance in a world of domination /

In this brilliant culmination of his seminal Powers Trilogy, now reissued in a twenty-fifth anniversary edition, Walter Wink explores the problem of evil today and how it relates to the New Testament concept of principalities and powers. He asks the question, ""How can we oppose evil witho...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wink, Walter
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Fortress Press, 2017.
Edición:25th anniversary edition.
Temas:
Bible. > New Testament > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. > Nouveau Testament > Critique, interprétation, etc.
Bible. > New Testament.
Powers (Christian theology) > Biblical teaching.
Good and evil > Biblical teaching.
Violence > Biblical teaching.
Nonviolence > Biblical teaching.
Puissances (Théologie chrétienne) > Enseignement biblique.
Violence > Enseignement biblique.
Non-violence > Enseignement biblique.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > New Testament.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The myth of the domination system
  • The origin of the domination system
  • Naming the domination system
  • The nature of the domination system
  • Unmasking the domination system
  • God's domination-free order : Jesus and God's reign
  • Breaking the spiral of violence : the power of the cross
  • To wash off the not human : becoming expendable
  • Jesus' third way : nonviolent engagement
  • On not becoming what we hate
  • Beyond just war and pacifism
  • But what if--?
  • Re-visioning history : nonviolence past, present, future
  • The acid test : loving enemies
  • Monitoring our inner violence
  • Prayer and the powers
  • Celebrating the victory of God.

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