"Wink knows the distinction between what is meant in New Testament times and what is meant for today. But he also recognizes that sometimes risks must be taken if one is to bring the two horizons into touch . . . These and other matters he explores are crucial issues for reasons of theology, pastoral care, social justice, and nothing less than the salvation of the world. One is grateful for the erudition, the spiritual depth and imagination, and the controlled passion which Wink has brought to them."
--Frederick Houk Borsch
Virginia Seminary Journal
"This book . . . is timely, well-grounded, and provocative. It is timely because it examines what the New Testament has to say about power in its super-human or corporate manifestations, thus addressing modern concerns for guidance in this area. It is well-grounded because it reviews and evaluates virtually all the extant literature on the topic through an exegesis of the primary texts. It is provocative because it challenges a number of modern assumptions, roughly one-third of its content being devoted to how one moves from what the texts meant 'back then' to a method for interpreting the powers."
--John Koenig
Journal of the American Academy of Religion