The Status of Vulnerability in a Theology of the Christian Life: Gregory of Nyssa on the “Wound of Love” in Conversation with Sarah Coakley
Discussions among theologians concerning the status of vulnerability—along with its cousins suffering, pain, and kenosis—have come to the fore in recent decades. It is not surprising that the tradition in which God becomes human would speak of vulnerability, but the question whether Christianity sho...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2022
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Modern theology
Year: 2022, Volume: 38, Issue: 4, Pages: 777-795 |
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Gregorius, Nyssenus 335-394, In Canticum canticorum
/ Coakley, Sarah 1951-
/ Vulnerability
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history NBE Anthropology |
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| Summary: | Discussions among theologians concerning the status of vulnerability—along with its cousins suffering, pain, and kenosis—have come to the fore in recent decades. It is not surprising that the tradition in which God becomes human would speak of vulnerability, but the question whether Christianity should wholeheartedly affirm vulnerability is not easily resolved. The aim of this essay is to explore this issue by juxtaposing the thought of Gregory of Nyssa and Sarah Coakley with respect to the status of vulnerability in a theology of the Christian life. These two theologians, I will argue, adopt divergent approaches to human vulnerability to God. When we read them in conversation with one another, broader implications emerge regarding the status of vulnerability in a theology of the Christian life. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-0025 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Modern theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/moth.12801 |