Claiming God: Essays in Honor of Marilyn McCord Adams - Paperback

by Christine Helmer (Editor), Shannon Craigo-Snell (Editor)

Marilyn McCord Adams (1943-2017) was a world-renowned philosopher, a theologian who forever changed conversations about God and evil, a compelling preacher, and a fierce advocate for the full belonging of LGBTQ+ people, especially in churches. Over the course of her career, she mentored philosophers, theologians, pastors, and activists. In this book, authors from each of these fields engage and expand upon McCord Adams's work. Chapters address theodicy and the Holocaust, the nature and limits of human free will, sexual violence, Trinitarian relations, beatific vision, friendship, climate change, and how to protest heterosexism with truth, humor, and cookies. Examples of McCord Adams's revised Episcopal liturgies--previously unpublished--are used to affirm the expansive love of God. Accessible and varied, these essays attest to McCord Adams's vocational integration, as she claimed and proclaimed God's goodness in her different professional roles.

Author Biography

Christine Helmer is Peter B. Ritzma Professor of Humanities at Northwestern University. She is the author of How Luther Became the Reformer (2019).



Shannon Craigo-Snell is professor of theology at Louisville Theological Presbyterian Seminary and an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA). She is the author of The Empty Church: Theater, Theology, and Bodily Hope (2014).