Narratives of a Vulnerable God: Christ, Theology, and ScriptureThis insightful study of how Jesus reflects God will be interesting and accessible not only to scholars but to pastors and church members. Well-known author William Placher shows that the God revealed in Jesus Christ is portrayed in the biblical narratives as a God willing to risk vulnerability in order to fully love creation. |
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| Title | Narratives of a Vulnerable God: Christ, Theology, and Scripture Stone lectures |
| Author | William Carl Placher |
| Publisher | Westminster John Knox Press, 1994 |
| ISBN | 0664255345, 9780664255343 |
| Length | 188 pages |
| Subjects | › › Religion / Christian Theology / General Religion / Theology |
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