Vulnerability and Glory
A Theological Account
Published on 28. October 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
248 pages
978-0-664-23522-2 (ISBN)
Description
Disasters indicate the complex peril of earthly existence. Suffering and risk are global realities. Yet, the biblical depiction of persons and communities as "earthen vessels" also suggests that vulnerable creatures can be strengthened to receive and bear the grace and glory of God. Culp demonstrates how vulnerability to devastation and to transformation is the very basis for life before God. The glory of God may be witnessed in resistance to inhumanity and idolatry, and expressed in delight and gratitude for the good gifts of life.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Louisville
United States
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-664-23522-2 (9780664235222)
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Person
Kristine Culp is associate professor of theology at the University of Chicago Divinity School. She works in constructive theology, especially in relation to feminist theologies and theology in North America. She has written on protest and resistance as theological themes, the use of fiction in theological thinking, a theology of Christian community, feminist and womanist theologies, and "experience" in contemporary theology. She is the editor of the LTE book The Responsibility of the Church for Society and Other Essays by H. Richard Niebuhr.