This article explores Ruth’s theology of resilience amidst vulnerability: a resilience rooted in ḥesed (loving kindness, a generosity beyond the call of duty). Ḥesed is a powerful social force that could address current issues for those both in privileged positions and in vulnerable situations. A re-reading of Ruth offers modern theologians and serious students of the Bible pathways towards building resilience amidst vulnerability, and in caring for those in vulnerable positions. The text at hand offers a pathway to be true to one’s core values and character, even amidst desperate situations. In Ruth resilience is developed by caring for others, identifying with a particular faith community, and taking initiatives while maintaining integrity. The narrative unveils a sustainable life of resilience that happens when one’s private and public life is lived congruently to each other. This article also reads Ruth’s narrative through a lens of a minority foreign woman that uses feminist and post-colonial approaches while looking at Ruth through a hermeneutic of trust. First, the author identifies her assumptions and considerations. Secondly, the article examines resilience as rooted in one’s identity and explores ḥesed under cultural and spiritual frameworks, within the narrative of Ruth and Naomi’s road scene from Moab to Bethlehem. Lastly, it examines resilience as rooted in ḥesed, within the narrative of the threshing floor scene encounter between Ruth and Boaz. The road and threshing floor scenes are decisive moments for Ruth. Her words and actions in each instance reveal her resilience: her strength of mind, emotion, and spirit, in spite of her vulnerability.

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路得记中脆弱中的韧性神学

本文探讨了露丝关于脆弱中的复原力的神学：一种植根于 ḥesed（仁慈，超越职责的慷慨）的复原力。Ḥesed 是一种强大的社会力量，可以为处于特权地位和处于弱势地位的人解决当前的问题。重读露丝为现代神学家和认真的圣经学生提供了在脆弱中建立韧性的途径，并照顾处于弱势地位的人。手头的文本提供了一条途径，即使在绝望的情况下，也能忠于自己的核心价值观和性格。在露丝，韧性是通过关心他人、认同特定的信仰群体以及在保持诚信的同时采取主动来培养的。叙事揭示了一种可持续的弹性生活，当一个人的私人生活和公共生活彼此一致时，就会发生这种情况。本文还通过使用女权主义和后殖民主义方法的少数外国妇女的镜头来阅读露丝的叙述，同时通过信任的诠释学看待露丝。首先，作者确定了她的假设和考虑。其次，本文在路得和拿俄米从摩押到伯利恒的道路场景的叙述中，考察了植根于个人身份的韧性，并在文化和精神框架下探索了 ḥesed。最后，它在 Ruth 和 Boaz 之间的打谷场场景遭遇的叙述中检查了植根于 ḥesed 的弹性。路上和打谷场的场景对露丝来说是决定性的时刻。她在每一个例子中的言行都透露出她的韧性：