The Father Who Gathers: Performative Metaphors of God
Statuesque imagery arising out of a compulsive need to name God has to give way to the acceptance of a moving presence that is revealed in active metaphors of performance. Father, rather than being personified in an individual, is incarnated in the process of fathering, which is the art-in-action of...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2023
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The expository times
Year: 2023, Volume: 134, Issue: 6, Pages: 250-260 |
| Further subjects: | B
Fathering
B Drama B Performance B Metaphor B gathering |
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| Summary: | Statuesque imagery arising out of a compulsive need to name God has to give way to the acceptance of a moving presence that is revealed in active metaphors of performance. Father, rather than being personified in an individual, is incarnated in the process of fathering, which is the art-in-action of gathering the fragmented elements of life into patterns of relational wholeness. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5308 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The expository times
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/00145246231155031 |