01263nam a2200145Ia 4500008004100000020002800041041000800069050002700077100002400104245009000128260005400218300002400272505061100296650021000907240419s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a97808308133600830813365  aeng  aBS2655.P66 b.A76 1992  aArnold, Clinton E.  0aPowers of Darkness : bPrincipalities & Powers in Paul's Letters /cClinton E. Arnold  aDowners Grove, Ill. : bInterVarsity Press,c1992  a244 p. b; c21 cm.  apt. I. First-Century Belief in the Powers. 1. Magic and Divination. 2. Greco-Roman and Oriental Religions. 3. Astrology. 4. Judaism. 5. The Teaching of Jesus -- pt. II. Paul's Teaching on the Powers. 6. What Are the Powers? 7. The Defeat of the Powers at the Cross. 8. A New Kingdom and Identity for Believers. 9. The Influence of the Powers on Believers. 10. Christ and No Other. 11. Spiritual Warfare. 12. Christ's Final Defeat of the Powers -- pt. III. Interpreting the Powers for Today. 13. Reality or Myth? 14. The Powers and People. 15. The Powers and Society. Conclusion: Contending with the Powers.  aBible.—Epistles of Paul—Criticism, interpretation, etc..Powers (Christian theology)—History of doctrines—Early church, ca. 30-600.Bible.—N.T.—Epistles of Paul—Criticism, interpretation, etc..