Politics, Theology and the Meaning of Power

EditorialThe Subjunctive Power of God
JOHN D. CAPUTO 12
The Inter-Action of Power and Authority:
The Force of the Symbol and the Strengthening of Reality
JOÃO J. VILA-CHÃ 22
Power As Service:
A Critical Reading of Power from the New Testament
IVONI RICHTER REIMER & HAROLDO REIMER 32
Empowerment of the Disempowered:
Some Glimpses into Jesus' Life and Mission
A. MARIA ARUL RAJA 42
The Power of the Law - the Law of Power:
On the Significance of Canon Law for Issues of Power in the Church
JUDITH HAHN 52
From the New Political Theology to Critical Political Ethics
HILLE HAKER 63
Discursive, Socio-Economically Sensitive and Performative:
Varieties of Publicly Political Christianity
ANSGAR KREUTZER 74
Theology and the Power of Liberation
FRANCISCO DE AQUINO JÚNIOR 85
Protesting Patriarchal Power:
The Task of Political Theology in Creating Solidarity and Sustaining
Activism
TANYA VAN WYK 94
Power Dynamics Beyond Collusion and Resistance:
"The Catholic Philippines" as Privileged Locus
JOSE MARIO C. FRANCISCO 105
Passion Consistent With the Depth of the Wounds of the Oppressed
LAREINE-MARIE MOSELY, SND 118
Theological Forum
Synodality - in Practice
NORBERT METTE 128
Contributors 135