Power and the Powers by Andrew R Hardy
Missio Dei by its very nature requires the church to come to terms with the exercise of power, both internally and externally, as it confronts the world. Tune in to any newscast or glance at the daily newspaper and it immediately becomes clear that the use and abuse of power is a live issue. The more we focus on the twists and turns of current events, the more it appears that uncorrupted exercise of power eludes the human race. All too often we become uneasily aware that there are powers lying behind the power that any of us wields, whether it is in the family, the classroom, on the shop floor, in the boardroom, or in churches. Effective missional leadership involves creative engagement with the powers at work in the world without being debased by them. This book sets out to address the issue of the use and misuse of power from biblical, theological, and practical perspectives. The authors bring their theological, pastoral, missionary, and personal experience to their task in order to inform, challenge, and invite readers into a responsible use of the powers that God has put into the hands of each one of us to achieve his purposes in the world.
Hardy, Andrew: - Andrew Hardy currently serves as an academic programme director at ForMission College. He is also engaged in doctoral research at Roehampton University in the field of practical and empirical theology. He has coauthored and authored several books, among them Pictures of God: Shaping Missional Church Life. Dan Yarnell is the National Coordinator for the Fellowship of Churches of Christ in Great Britain and Ireland, and a senior lecturer in missional and contextual theology at ForMission College. He is the coauthor of Celebrating the Small Church (1993), Forming Multicultural Partnerships (2015), and Power and the Powers: The Use and Abuse of Power in its Missional Context (2015). He lives in Redditch, Worcestershire with his wife Amy.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781625647795 |
| ISBN 10 | 1625647794 |
| Title | Power and the Powers |
| Author | Andrew R Hardy |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Wipf & Stock Publishers |
| Year published | 2015-10-12 |
| Number of pages | 196 |
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