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Power and Christian Theology (Paperback)
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In "Power and Christian Theology", Stephen Sykes examines the
ambiguous role played by the concept of power in Christian
theology. Centuries of experience of the abuse of power have taught
us to be instinctively suspicious of it. But can a faith which
celebrates a 'God of power and might' dispense with it entirely? In
the history of theology, and based in the Scriptures, are to be
found diverging tendencies; one which sees no difficulty in the
affirmation of divine power and its human embodiment, the other in
which power is radically re-thought. In early modern Europe power
was given new, realistic expression, and the discipline of
sociology was born. Theology has had consequently to face new
problems. Stephen Sykes argues that it is not credible to attempt
to dissociate Christian faith from the phenomena of power in their
entirety. He holds that human beings are enmeshed in a deeply
ambiguous context, a world of overlapping and intersecting powers.
The dangers which inevitably accompany the use of power are better
avoided by their explicit recognition, than by heroic exercises of
self-deception.
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