Playing God : redeeming the gift of power / Andy Crouch.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Books, [2013]Description: 288 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780830837656 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
  • 0830837655 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
  • 9780830844043 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 083084404X (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BT 738.25 .C77 2013
Contents:
The discovery of power -- Part 1. The gift of power: in the beginning it was not so. Exploration: Genesis 1-2 : original power -- Power is a gift -- Idolatry -- Injustice -- A note: Evangelism and social action -- Icons -- Exploration: John 2 : the wedding wine -- Part 2. The grip of power: it will not be so among you. Exploration: Exodus 20 : the ten words -- The hiddenness of power -- Force, coercion and violence -- The lure of privilege -- Exploration: John 13 : Jesus, power and privilege -- Part 3. Institutions and creative power: from generation to generation. The gift of institutions -- Principalities, powers and broken institutions -- Becoming trustees -- Exploration: Philemon : the peculiar institution -- Part 4. The end of power: we had to celebrate. Disciplined power -- The Sabbath ladder -- The end of power -- Exploration: Luke 15 : prodigal power.
Summary: Andy Crouch unpacks the dynamics of power that either can make human flourishing possible or can destroy the image of God in people. While the effects of power are often very evident, he uncovers why power is frequently hidden. He considers not just its personal side but the important ways power develops and resides in institutions. --from publisher description
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-288) .

The discovery of power -- Part 1. The gift of power: in the beginning it was not so. Exploration: Genesis 1-2 : original power -- Power is a gift -- Idolatry -- Injustice -- A note: Evangelism and social action -- Icons -- Exploration: John 2 : the wedding wine -- Part 2. The grip of power: it will not be so among you. Exploration: Exodus 20 : the ten words -- The hiddenness of power -- Force, coercion and violence -- The lure of privilege -- Exploration: John 13 : Jesus, power and privilege -- Part 3. Institutions and creative power: from generation to generation. The gift of institutions -- Principalities, powers and broken institutions -- Becoming trustees -- Exploration: Philemon : the peculiar institution -- Part 4. The end of power: we had to celebrate. Disciplined power -- The Sabbath ladder -- The end of power -- Exploration: Luke 15 : prodigal power.

Andy Crouch unpacks the dynamics of power that either can make human flourishing possible or can destroy the image of God in people. While the effects of power are often very evident, he uncovers why power is frequently hidden. He considers not just its personal side but the important ways power develops and resides in institutions. --from publisher description

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