Fostering Delight in Difference

Kate Bowman-Evans suggests that the exegetical procedure I pursue in Wondrously Wounded is one that is promising for that church that seeks to navigate its relationships with all sorts of people who have been socially marginalized more faithfully. By offering Christians an alternative exegetical procedure to the sorts of biblical scholarship that dominates theological education today, I allow the church to face its scriptures more self-criti-cally. A more self-critical reading is one that is aware that the readings of others are essential to a church that is together plumbing the fullness of scripture and the Christian tradition. I am grateful for Bowman-Evan’s attention to this strand of the book, which I not only affirm but would like in this response to make even more explicit.