Three Forms of Freedom

Authors

  • Kristine A. Culp Disciples Divinity House of the University of Chicago

Abstract

Delivered as the Founder's Day lecture at Bethany College in 2026, this address takes up freedom as a central and contested element of Alexander Campbell's legacy and of the Stone-Campbell movement. Culp traces freedom through Campbell's educational aims, the movement's founding documents, and biblical and political usage, then distinguishes three forms of freedom—freedom from, freedom for "things indifferent," and freedom for mutual responsibility and love—arguing that the third has been neglected and that the three require one another.

Author Biography

Kristine A. Culp, Disciples Divinity House of the University of Chicago

Kristine A. Culp is Dean of the Disciples Divinity House of the University of Chicago and Associate Professor of Theology in the University of Chicago Divinity School. She is the author of Vulnerability and Glory: A Theological Account (Westminster John Knox, 2010) and the editor of H. Richard Niebuhr’s The Responsibility of the Church for Society and Other Essays (Westminster John Knox, 2008).

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Published

2026-09-12

How to Cite

Culp, K. A. (2026). Three Forms of Freedom. Journal of Discipliana, 79, 1–10. Retrieved from https://journalofdiscipliana.org/index.php/jod/article/view/47

Issue

Vol. 79 (2026)

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