Power and Passion : Six Characters in Search of Resurrection

Imagine a world where our entire past becomes a treasured gift ... our future is stripped of any fear of death ... and every ruthless action by those in power is dismantled. As Christians, we don't have to imagine that world. It is ours, thanks to the passion and resurrection of Christ. Samuel Wells explores the most important events in human history by examining six characters in the drama - Pontius Pilate, Barabbas, Joseph of Arimathea, Pilates wife, Peter and Mary Magdalene. Each one comes alive as the author shows how they reflect and shape our reactions to contemporay issues such as marriage, friendship, discipleship, politics and violence.

Samuel Wells moved to North Carolina to become Dean of the Chapel at Duke University and Research Professor of Christian Ethics at Duke Divinity School