Vulnerability and Glory: A Theological Account

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.

Author: Kristine A. Culp
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 10/28/2010
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780664235222

Review Citation(s):
Christian Century 08/09/2011 pg. 36

About the Author
Culp, Kristine A.: - 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.