The Powers That Be: Theology for a New Millennium
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The Powers That Be: Theology for a New Millennium   -     By: Walter Wink

The Powers That Be: Theology for a New Millennium

Random House Inc / 1999 / Paperback

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(PUBDoubleday)Now in softcover! Demythologizing scriptural imagery, Wink asserts that demonic forces are prevalent in the structures of modern society and advises Christians on how to do battle with these oppressions. Simplifies and abridges his award-winning trilogy, begun with Naming the Powers. 224 pages, softcover.

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Title: The Powers That Be: Theology for a New Millennium
By: Walter Wink
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 224
Vendor: Random House Inc
Publication Date: 1999
Dimensions: 8.25 X 5.5 (inches)
Weight: 8 ounces
ISBN: 0385487525
ISBN-13: 9780385487528
Stock No: WW87525

Publisher's Description

In our fast-paced secular world, God and theology are second-class citizens. Money, politics, sports, and science seem better suited to the hard realities of our world. As the church steeple has been eclipsed by the skyscraper as the centerpiece of the urban landscape, so has the divine realm been set aside in favor of more immediate human experience. One sad consequence of this shift is the loss of spiritual and theological bearings, most clearly evident in our inability to understand or speak about such things. If the old way of viewing the universe no longer works, something else has to replace it.

The Powers That Be reclaims the divine realm as central to human existence by offering new ways of understanding our world in theological terms. Walter Wink reformulates ancient concepts, such as God and the devil, heaven and hell, angels and demons, principalities and powers, in light of our modern experience. He helps us see heaven and hell, sin and salvation, and the powers that shape our lives as tangible parts of our day-to-day experience, rather than as mysterious phantoms. Based on his reading of the Bible and analysis of the world around him, Wink creates a whole new language for talking about and to God. Equipped with this fresh world view, we can embark on a new relationship with God and our world into the next millennium.

Author Bio

Walter Wink (1935–2012) was an influential American biblical scholar, theologian, and activist, and was an important figure in progressive Christianity. He was well known for his advocacy of, and work related to, nonviolent resistance. Wink earned his PhD at the Union Theological Seminary, where he taught for nine years, and in 2010 was honored with the Unitas Distinguished Alumni Award. He went on to spend much of his career teaching at Auburn Theological Seminary in New York City. Wink wrote more than 16 books as well as hundreds of scholarly articles, and is recognized for coining the phrase "the myth of redemptive violence." With his wife, June Keener Wink, he held workshops around the world that combined religious-themed pottery, dancing, and biblical interpretation. Wink died in 2012 from complications of dementia.

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