The Powers That Be by Walter Wink

The Powers That Be by Walter Wink

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.

Walter Wink was a biblical interpretation professor emeritus at Auburn Theological Seminary in New York City. He also served as a professor at Union Theological Seminary. He was a Peace Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace from 1989 to 1990. He wrote multiple works, including the Fortress Press trilogy Identifying the Powers, Unmasking the Powers, and Engaging the Powers, which won several awards.

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ISBN 13	9780385487528
ISBN 10	0385487525
Title	The Powers That Be
Author	Walter Wink
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Year published	1999-03-16
Number of pages	240
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