Vulnerable Creation: Vulnerable Human Life between Risk and Tragedy1. Issue 4 (4th December 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Springhart, Heike
• Is Part Of: Dialog. Volume 56:Issue 4(2017)
• Page Start: 382
• Page End: 390
• Publication Date: 2017-12-04
• Subjects: vulnerability -- anthropology -- realism -- disease -- tragedy; Theology -- Periodicals; 230.41
• DOI: 10.1111/dial.12358
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0012-2033

Abstract

Abstract: In this paper a theology of vulnerability is explored by describing three bridges between risk and tragedy. Conceptually, ontological and situational vulnerability will be explored as the basis of anthropological realism. Hermeneutically, a case study is done by interpreting the documentary film "Roadside Radiation, " which shows attempts to live a normal life in tragedy in the "death zone" around Chernobyl. The theological bridge unfolds a theological approach to vulnerability that grasps its processive character.