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

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Books, [2013]Description: 1 online resource (288 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781461943419
  • 1461943418
  • 083088436X
  • 9780830884360
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Playing GodDDC classification:
  • 261.8 23
LOC classification:
  • BT738.25 .C77 2013eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
The discovery of power -- The gift of power: in the beginning it was not so. Power is a gift -- Idolatry -- Injustice -- Icons -- The grip of power: it will not be so among you. The hiddenness of power -- Force, coercion and violence -- The lure of privilege -- Institutions and creative power: from generation to generation. The gift of institutions -- Principalities, powers and broken institutions -- Becoming trustees -- The end of power: we had to celebrate. Disciplined power -- The Sabbath leader -- The end of 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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Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)639790

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-288).

The discovery of power -- The gift of power: in the beginning it was not so. Power is a gift -- Idolatry -- Injustice -- Icons -- The grip of power: it will not be so among you. The hiddenness of power -- Force, coercion and violence -- The lure of privilege -- Institutions and creative power: from generation to generation. The gift of institutions -- Principalities, powers and broken institutions -- Becoming trustees -- The end of power: we had to celebrate. Disciplined power -- The Sabbath leader -- The end of 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.

Print version record.