Politics, Theology and the Meaning of Power

EditorialThe Subjunctive Power of GodJOHN D. CAPUTO 12The Inter-Action of Power and Authority:The Force of the Symbol and the Strengthening of RealityJOÃO J. VILA-CHÃ 22Power As Service: A Critical Reading of Power from the New TestamentIVONI RICHTER REIMER & HAROLDO REIMER 32Empowerment of the Disempowered:Some Glimpses into Jesus' Life and MissionA. MARIA ARUL RAJA 42The Power of the Law - the Law of Power:On the Significance of Canon Law for Issues of Power in the ChurchJUDITH HAHN 52From the New Political Theology to Critical Political EthicsHILLE HAKER 63Discursive, Socio-Economically Sensitive and Performative:Varieties of Publicly Political ChristianityANSGAR KREUTZER 74Theology and the Power of LiberationFRANCISCO DE AQUINO JÚNIOR 85Protesting Patriarchal Power:The Task of Political Theology in Creating Solidarity and Sustaining Activism TANYA VAN WYK 94Power Dynamics Beyond Collusion and Resistance:The Catholic Philippines as Privileged LocusJOSE MARIO C. FRANCISCO 105Passion Consistent With the Depth of the Wounds of the OppressedLAREINE-MARIE MOSELY, SND 118Theological Forum Synodality - in PracticeNORBERT METTE 128Contributors 135