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The Powers That Be (Power)

by Walter Wink

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My introduction to the idea of the spirit of institutions, and a thoughtful evangelical presentation of the issues. ( )
  iceT | May 18, 2009 |
This was a very easy read based on his powers trilogy. Gives one a good idea of the basic concepts without having to be a scholar or the interest of a scholar. It deals less with the powers themselves and more with how we are to engage the powers, namely - nonviolence. ( )
  adamtarn | May 2, 2009 |
A great summary of his trilocy ( )
  tcatchim | Mar 9, 2007 |
An explanation of how national and international institutions wield power in such a way as to perpetuate poverty, and what can be done to reform these sysems for the good of all. ( )
  ElTomaso | Jun 18, 2006 |
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Amazon.com (ISBN 0385487525, Paperback)

"Perhaps we are not accustomed to thinking of the Pentagon, or the Chrysler Corporation, or the Mafia as having a spirituality, but they do," writes Walter Wink. In The Powers That Be: Theology for a New Millennium, Wink returns to the ancient view of a world filled with angels and demons, powers and principalities, and reinterprets these notions for contemporary people. Wink's book is a challenge for Christians to wake up and become dangerously different, by objecting to the Darwinian games of domination that prevail in many of our governments, corporations, and churches. The book also offers stunningly gracious comfort, by showing that we are all caught up in this game, that the game is even a part of our gift, and that as long as we live in the world, not a single one of us can be pure, but we're called, all of us, to be holy. --Michael Joseph Gross

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