Walter Wink

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Walter Wink

Walter Wink (born May 21, 1935 in Dallas , Texas , † May 10, 2012 in Berkshire Mountains , Massachusetts ) was Professor of Biblical Exegesis at Auburn Theological Seminary in New York City .

Wink worked as a parish minister and professor at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York . From 1989 to 1990 he was a Peace Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace .

Wink is known for his work on power structures with a progressive Christian view of current political and cultural issues. He coined the phrase "the myth of redemptive violence" and contributed to treatises on active nonviolence ("militant nonviolence"), homosexuality and Jesus research. In spring 2014 it was published under the title “Transformation of the Powers. A Theology of Nonviolence ”is the German translation of“ The Powers that Be ”(1999), the sum of his Powers trilogy, in which he explains his idea of ​​active nonviolence as the third way between passivity and the use of violence that Jesus taught and lived .

Neal Stephenson adopted some of Wink's ideas for his assumptions about the phenomenology of oppression ("an epidemiology of power disorders").

In contrast to the majority of the representatives of gay theology , however, Wink sees greater problems with the text of the Bible: “I have long insisted that it is about hermeneutics and that efforts to rotate the text so that it means something, what he clearly does not say are deplorable. Simply put, the Bible is negative about same-sex behavior, and there is no getting around that. ” He adds, “ Strictly speaking, it is about the weight that this judgment should have in the ethics of the Christian life. ”

Wink advocates freedom of choice of sexual orientation: "I would support anyone who was able to change his / her sexual orientation, but I also support all those who for whatever reason cannot or do not want to."

Works (selection)

  • John the Baptist in the Gospel Tradition , Cambridge Univ. Press, 1968.
  • The Bible in Human Transformation , Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1973.
  • The Powers Trilogy:
    • Naming the Powers: The Language of Power in the New Testament , Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1984. ISBN 0-8006-1786-X
    • Unmasking the Powers: The Invisible Forces That Determine Human Existence , Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1986. ISBN 0-8006-1902-1
    • Engaging the Powers: Discernment and Resistance in a World of Domination , Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1992. ISBN 0-8006-2646-X
  • Violence and Nonviolence in South Africa , Philadelphia: New Society Publishers, 1987.
  • Transforming Bible Study , second edition, Nashville: Abingdon, 1990.
  • Proclamation 5: Holy Week, Year B , Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1993.
  • Cracking the Gnostic Code: The Powers in Gnosticism , (Society of Biblical Literature Monograph Series), Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1993. ISBN 1-55540-860-5
  • When the Powers Fall: Reconciliation in the Healing of Nations , Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1998. ISBN 0-8006-3127-7 ; Swedish edition: Healing a Nation 's Wounds: Reconciliation on the Road to Democracy (Uppsala, Sweden: Life and Peace Institute, 1997)
  • The Powers That Be: Theology for a New Millennium , New York: Doubleday, 1999. ISBN 0-385-48752-5
    • German: Thomas Nauerth, Georg Steins (Hrsg.): Metamorphosis of the Powers. A theology of nonviolence . 1st edition. Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-7917-2591-8 .
  • Homosexuality and Christian Faith: Questions of Conscience for the Churches (Editor), Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1999. ISBN 0-8006-3186-2
  • Peace Is The Way: Writings on Nonviolence from the Fellowship of Reconciliation. , (Editor), Orbis Books, 2000. ISBN 1-57075-315-6
  • John the Baptist in the Gospel Tradition , Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2001. ISBN 1-57910-529-7
  • The Human Being: Jesus and the Enigma of the Son of the Man , Fortress Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8006-3262-1
  • Jesus and Nonviolence: A Third Way , Augsburg Fortress, 2003. ISBN 0-8006-3609-0

Web links

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  1. ↑ Richard Deats: Walter Wink, Presente! ( Memento of the original from May 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed May 26, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / forusa.org
  2. ↑ Walter Wink: Sex and the Bible. To hell with gays? , Christian Century, June 5, 2002
  3. ^ A reply by Walter Wink , Christian Century, August 14, 2002
personal data
SURNAME Wink, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH May 21, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Dallas , Texas
DATE OF DEATH May 10, 2012
Place of death Massachusetts