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The Kindness of God

Metaphor, Gender, and Religious Language

By: Janet Martin Soskice

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The Kindness of God

Metaphor, Gender, and Religious Language

By: Janet Martin Soskice

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 kinship, by discussing its place in the central teachings of Christian theology.

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Naming God

Addressing the Divine in Philosophy, Theology and Scripture

By: Janet Soskice

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Naming God

Addressing the Divine in Philosophy, Theology and Scripture

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Generations of Christians, Janet Soskice demonstrates, once knew God and Christ by hundreds of remarkable names. These included the appellations 'Messiah', 'Emmanuel', 'Alpha', 'Omega', 'Eternal', 'All-Powerful', 'Lamb', 'Lion', 'Goat', 'One', 'Word', 'Serpent' and 'Bridegroom'. In her much-anticipated new book, Soskice argues that contemporary understandings of divinity could be transformed by a return to a venerable analogical tradition of divine naming. These ancient titles – drawn from scripture – were chanted and sung, crafted and invoked (in polyphony and plainsong) as they were woven into the worship of the faithful. However, during the sixteenth century Descartes moved from 'naming' to 'defining' God via a series of metaphysical attributes. This made God a thing among things: a being amongst beings. For the author, reclaiming divine naming is not only overdue. It can also re-energize the relationship between philosophy and religious tradition. This path-breaking book shows just how rich and revolutionary such reclamation might be.

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Cambridge University Press

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The Kindness of God

Metaphor, Gender, and Religious Language

By: Janet Martin Soskice

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Sisters of Sinai

How Two Lady Adventurers Found the Hidden Gospels

By: Janet Soskice,Janet Martin Soskice

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Sisters of Sinai

How Two Lady Adventurers Found the Hidden Gospels

By: Janet Soskice,Janet Martin Soskice

Narrative non-fiction at its best: an exciting, fascinating and thought-provoking book about the discovery of an early New Testament manuscript on Mount Sinai by two audacious Victorian ladies.

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Random House

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009954654X

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