Power and Christian Theology : New Century Theology S. - Stephen Sykes

Power and Christian Theology

By: Stephen Sykes

Paperback | 1 August 2006 | Edition Number 1

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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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'[A] remarkable tour de force: so much information, analysis, and constructive thinking within a mere 152 pages of text....There are fine discussions of biblical material, and also of post-biblical material...The author's condensed style provokes the reader to return to certain passages and to puzzle at them, thus to discover more of their implications. Such is the power of the skilled teacher.' Dr Alec Graham, Church Times, 03/11/2006--Sanford Lakoff "Church Times "

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