Narratives of a Vulnerable God

by William Placher and William C. Placher

Book Overview

This 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0664255345
• ISBN13: 9780664255343
• Release Date: July 1994
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

God is love, therefore...

This book is an exercise in finishing that sentence. Placher sets out to understand what it means to confess that the nature of God is found in love not power. In the first part of the book, the nature of God is explored. Placher contends that God is vulnurable in love, eternal in a way that allows for the flow of events rather than a static state, and Triune. The second part of the book explores some contemporary issues in theology: the use of Scripture and treatment of marginalized groups of people. The final section of the book deals with how Christians should live, both within the church and in the academy. This is a wonderful book. If you truly believe God is love and want to explore the implications of that belief no matter what the consequences, this is a book for you.

Love and not Power is what God is about

An excellant survey of the gospel of Christ from the heart. The critical analysis and thinking is very evident as well. For those who like C.S. Lewis, you will find this book a delight to read. His study on the Trinity of God is very well done.