The kindness of God : metaphor, gender, and religious language / Janet Martin Soskice.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Soskice, Janet Martin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Sex role--Biblical teaching.

Sex role.

Women--Biblical teaching.

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

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

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; 1. Love and Attention: Incarnateness; 2. Imago Dei; 3. Creation and Relation; 4. Calling God 'Father'; 5. Blood and Defilement: Christology; 6. Trinity and the 'Feminine Other'; 7. The Kindness of God: Trinity and the Image of God in Julian of Norwich and Augustine; 8. Friendship: love thy neighbour; 9. Being Lovely: Eschatological Anthropology; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-198) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-281-34178-9

9786611341787

0-19-154433-7

1-4356-3358-X

OCLC:

437096327