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Engaging the Powers: Discernment and Resistance in a World of Domination
by: Walter Wink

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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780800626464
ISBN: 080062646X
Label: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Manufacturer: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 444
Publication Date: January 01, 1992
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Sales Rank: 134413
Studio: Augsburg Fortress Publishers

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In this magnificent finale to his trilogy, Walter Wink engages the Powers with brilliant exegesis and a profoundly creative nonviolence, revealing the way to the Powers' and our own transformation.--James W. Douglass, Ground Zero Community.

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- A must for all spiritually-guided advocates of nonviolence.
Even as a non-Christian, I find Wink's theology of nonviolence EARTH-SHAKING in its importance.

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- Engaging the Powers: Discernment and Resistance in a World of Domination
This book is must reading for anyone concerned about the way things are going in the world and wondering what, if anything, can be done to usher in better times. Although it is often difficult reading - the author has a very prolific vocabulary - I couldn't put it down...and consider it well worth the effort. I plan to read more of Walter Wink's work. He is not an entertainer, but a generous and knowledgable guide. Don't miss the opportunity to walk with him through "Engaging the Powers". Save the Bible, I can't remember a piece of literature that has had a more profound effect on my moral character.

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- Highly recommended for Christians and non-Christians alike
I am not a Christian, yet I found this book extremely insightful and compelling in its exploration of the violent basis of our civilization and how the message of Jesus, among others, is not only that of personal salvation, but one of perceiving with clarity the nature of the world, i.e. the Domination System that has blinded us to its true destructive nature.

The type of spiritually grounded, proactive, creative nonviolence advocated in this book is a complete paradigm shift, an entire dimension apart from the simplistic dichotomy of violence vs. "passivism" that most of us unfortunately believe are our only choices.

The book includes numerous examples and interesting Biblical exegesis on top of an incredibly insightful exploration of the myth of redemptive violence and the Domination System that comprises our human society.

Fundamental to Wink's analysis of our society is ... Read More

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- Magnificent
The thrust of the book is the world is in control of the Domination System, the powerful institutions that repress us, perpetuate violence upon us, and whose power is based upon the myth of redemptive violence--the idea the violence "saves." Wink powerfully shows that the myth of redemptive violence is the actual religion of our society, so deeply ingrained in us that we are unaware that we idolize it. It is the basis of even our comic book heroes, of whom Wink observes "repentance and confession are as alien to them as the love of enemies and nonviolence." Wink's analysis is profound because it encompasses intellectual, the physical, and the spiritual aspects our predicament. The gospel, or good news, of his book is centered on how Jesus introduced us the "Kingdom of God," the antithesis of the Domination System, and how radical Jesus's teachings were, not only 2,000 years ago but today as well. Jesus's teachings ... Read More

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