Bridges-Across: Jayelle Lukash

The Future of God's Reign

from Engaging the Powers
Chapter 2: The Origin of the Domination System

[Walter Wink on Homosexuality and the Bible]
[Index to Confronting the Powers that Be]

The chart below [page 46 of Engaging the Powers] may help to clarify the differences between the Domination System and God's domination-free order.

Societal Mode	The Domination System	God's Domination Free Order
Gender Differences	Patriarchal: difference implies superiority/inferiority	Equality of sexes; differences may lead to specialization but not to ranking
Power	Power over; power to take life, control, destroy; win-lose; domination; competition	Power with; power to give, support, nuture life; win-win; partnership; competition/cooperation
Politics	Conquest; autocracy; authoritarian; bureaucratic;	Diplomacy; democracy; enabling; decentralized
Economics	Exploitation, greed, privilege, inequality	Sharing, sufficiency, responsibility, equality
Religion	Male God--jealous, wrathful, punishing, lawgiving	Inclusive-God images-- Mother/Father, loving/judging, compassionate/severe, merciful/demanding
Relationships	Ranking, domination hierachies, slavery, classism, racism, we/they, rigidity	Linking, actualization hierarchies, equality of opportunity, we/we, flexibility
Transformative Mode	Violence, force, war Suppression of conflict	Nonviolent confrontation, negotiation, inclusiveness Nonviolent conflict resolution
Ecological stance	Exploitation, control, contempt	Harmony, cooperation, respect
Logic	Either/or, analytic	Both/and, analytic/synthetic
Role of ego	Self-centered	Affiliation-oriented
Education	Indoctrination	Enabling
Sexual responsibility	Subordination of women's reproductive capacities and sexual expression to male control	Control of sexuality by individuals in the light of community values see foonote Wink on Homosexuality and the Bible
Eschatology	Status quo, holding and keeping power; "this world" "this evil aeon" Eternity in the future, injustice in the present	Cultural transformation, the reign of God, the coming aeon Eternity in the present, justice in the future.

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