Wearing God clothing, laughter, fire, and other overlooked ways of meeting God
"There are hundreds of metaphors for God, but the church only uses a few familiar images: creator, judge, savior, father. In [this book], Lauren Winner gathers a number of lesser-known tropes, reflecting on how they work biblically and culturally, and reveals how they can deepen our spiritual l...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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San Francisco, Calif.
Harper One
2015
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| Ausgabe: | 1. ed. |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | "There are hundreds of metaphors for God, but the church only uses a few familiar images: creator, judge, savior, father. In [this book], Lauren Winner gathers a number of lesser-known tropes, reflecting on how they work biblically and culturally, and reveals how they can deepen our spiritual lives"--Amazon.com |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references The God who runs after your friendship -- A short note on gender and language for God -- Clothing -- Smell -- Bread and vine -- Laboring woman -- Laughter -- Flame -- In this poverty of expression, thou findest that He is all -- A short note from the women's prison -- A bookshelf to quicken your scriptural imagination |
| Beschreibung: | x, 286 p. 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780061768125 978-0-06-176812-5 006176812X 0-06-176812-X 9780061768132 978-0-06-176813-2 0061768138 0-06-176813-8 |