The kindness of God: metaphor, gender, and religious language
Fathers, sons, brothers, kings. Does the predominantly masculine symbolism of the Biblical writings exclude women or overlook the riches of their spiritual life? Janet Martin Soskice opens up the Bible's imagery for sex, gender, and kingship, by discussing its place in the central teachings of...
| Summary: | Fathers, sons, brothers, kings. Does the predominantly masculine symbolism of the Biblical writings exclude women or overlook the riches of their spiritual life? Janet Martin Soskice opens up the Bible's imagery for sex, gender, and kingship, by discussing its place in the central teachings of Christian theology. - ;Fathers, sons, brothers, kings. Does the predominantly masculine symbolism of the Biblical writings exclude women or overlook the riches of their spiritual life? If Christ is 'the second Adam' and the one on whom all Christian life must be patterned, then what about Eve? This book Introduction -- Love and Attention -- Imago Dei -- Creation and Relation -- Calling God 'Father' -- Blood and Defilement: Christology -- Trinity and the 'Feminine Other' -- The Kindness of God: Trinity and the Image of God in Julian of Norwich and Augustine -- Friendship -- Being Lovely: Eschatological Anthropology. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-198) and index. - Description based on print version record |
| Physical Description: | Online Ressource (viii, 203 pages) |
| ISBN: | 0-19-826951-X 978-0-19-826951-9 978-1-4356-3358-2 1-4356-3358-X 978-0-19-154433-0 0-19-154433-7 |
