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...
| Main Author: | Winner, Lauren F. (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
[2015]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.