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Wednesday, 1 April 2015

Notable Features

Exclusion and Embrace: Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness and Reconciliation,
Miroslav Volf, Abingdon Press, 1996, page 145

After listing four acts or actions - what he calls 'structural elements' - of embrace, Volf moves on to consider ...

the four notable features of a successful embrace, some of which are implied in the logic of the embrace itself, and some of which are inscribed in G-d's embrace of humanity on the cross and should characterise our desire for embrace under the conditions of enmity.

Posted By Jonathan, 12:12pm Comment Comments: