Josephine Butler, Esoteric Christianity, and the Biblical Motherhood of God

This article explores a little-known aspect of the theology of renowned feminist campaigner Josephine Butler: her development, in her later publications and correspondence, of the idea of God as a mother. While Butler was by no means unique among her contemporaries in envisaging the divine in matern...

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Main Author: Styler, Rebecca (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Dep. 2017
In: Religion & literature
Year: 2017, Volume: 49, Issue: 2, Pages: 93-122
IxTheo Classification:KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KDE Anglican Church
NBC Doctrine of God
NBE Anthropology
Further subjects:B Christian Literature
B Christianity
B Biblical Literalism
B BUTLER, Josephine Elizabeth Grey, 1828-1906
B MOTHERHOOD of God
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