







Confronting
the Powers that Be
A Study Guide by Vern Rossman
to accompany Walter Wink's
The Powers
That Be:
Theology for a New Millenium
(Doubleday, 1998)
and
Engaging
the Powers:
Discernment and Resistance in a World of Domination
(Fortress Press, 1992)
"Why 99, you know we have to murder and kill and destroy in order
to preserve everything that's good in the world." --Maxwell Smart to Agent
99
Index
About
Vern Rossman
About
Walter Wink
Preface
Session
1: Introduction
Session
2: Identifying the Powers
Session
3: On Redeeming the Powers
Session
4: The Domination System
Session
5: Jesus' Answer to Domination
Session
6: Breaking the Spiral of Violence
Session
7: Jesus' Third Way
Session
8: Practical Nonviolence
Session
9: Beyond Pacifism and Just War
Session
10: But What If . . . ?
Session
11: The Gift of the Enemy
Session
12: Prayer and the Powers
Session
13: Epilogue
Copyright © 1998 by Vern
Rossman
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