Choose Love Not Power: How to Right the World's Wrongs from a Place of Weakness - Softcover

Campolo, Tony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0830751246 ISBN 13: 9780830751242

Publisher: Baker Pub Group, 2009

Synopsis

The God who set aside power in order to live out love—fully expressing that love on Calvary’s tree—is at the core of the Christian message to the world. Yet in the centuries since Christ’s refusal to yield to Satan’s temptation to establish His kingdom through economic, political and religious power, the Church has struggled to make the same refusal. In Choose Love Not Power, scholar, activist and modern-day prophet Tony Campolo explores the relationship between love and power, beginning with an examination of Jesus’ life and working toward a “theology of power” for Christians today. He surveys the implications of choosing love over power when it comes to the global community’s most pressing issues—environmental degradation, economic inequality and instability, and perpetual war. Dr. Campolo suggests that the choice between love and power begins close to home: Christ-followers who choose love over power in marriage and in parenting will likewise opt for love in their churches, communities and governments. The growing number of believers seeking a more authentically Christ-like way to be “Christian” in a diverse, pluralistic society will be challenged and encouraged by this unflinching look at Jesus’ example of love.

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About the Author

TONY CAMPOLO is a professor emeritus of Sociology at Eastern University in St. Davids, Pennsylvania. Founder of the Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education (EAPE), an organization that develops schools and social programs in various third world countries and in cities across North America, Dr. Campolo is an ordained minister and is presently recognized as an associate pastor of the Mount Carmel Baptist Church in West Philadelphia. He is a media commentator on religious, social and political matters, having appeared on television programs such as Nightline, Crossfire, Politically Incorrect, The Charlie Rose Show, The Colbert Report andCNN News. He cohosted his own television series, Hashing It Out, on the Odyssey Network, and presently hostsFrom Across the Pond, a weekly program on the Premier Radio Network in England. Dr. Campolo is the author of more than 30 books, includingLetters to a Young Evangelical and Red Letter Christians: A Citizen’s Guide to Faith and Politics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Baker Pub Group
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0830751246
• ISBN 13: 9780830751242
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 223