St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Point of Rocks, Maryland
The Rev. Stephen Arpee, Priest-in-Charge

SEMINAR on THE POWERS THAT BE

Theology for a New Millennium
By Walter Wink
Doubleday, New York, 1998 (hardcover)
Galilee/Random House (softcover)

CONTENTS

Preface
Introduction

1. ldentifying the Powers
2. The Domination System
3. Jesus' Answer to Domination
4. Breaking the Spiral of Violence
5. Jesus' Third Way
6. Practical Nonviolence
7. Beyond Pacifism and Just War
8. But What If ... ?
9. The Gift of the Enemy
10. Prayer and the Powers
11. Epilogue

For Further Reading
lndex
Notes

This is a dual-medium seminar, including both the internet and face to face sessions on weekday evenings and/or weekends.

This page will develop along with the seminar; and is intended to provide Biblical references and supplementary material.

THE POWERS THAT BE is a biblically based approach to social ethics, with implications for our understanding of Jesus' mission, method, and person. Wink believes that "the myth of redemptive violence," found originally in ancient imperial cultures, is at the root of violence in our culture today; and that Jesus dealt quite intentionally and decisively with the culture of violence.

Biblical References
In THE POWERS THAT BE

References as they occur chapter by chapter.

References in the order of the biblical texts.

THE BIBLICAL THEOLOGY OF POWER AND RESPONSIBILITY

An outline based on Walter Wink's theology

IS THE GENESIS MYTH TRUE?

A summary view of the myth of redemptive violence

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