Models of God
by Sallie McFague
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In this award-winning text, theologian Sallie McFague challenges Christians' usual speech about God as a kind of monarch. She probes instead three other possible metaphors for God—as mother, lover, and friend.Tags
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About the author: quoting from Wikipedia, "Sallie McFague is an American feminist Christian theologian, best known for her analysis of how metaphor lies at the heart of how we may speak about God. She has applied this approach in particular to ecological issues, writing extensively on care for the earth as if it were God's 'body'." Quoting Sharon Welch of Harvard Divinity School, "The power of McFague's work is in its ability of speak to the American Protestant mainstream, challenging Christians with models of God that reflect both ecological sensitivity and concern for justice." This work includes extensive chapter notes.
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Before her death in 2019, Sallie McFague was Distinguished Theologian in Residence at the Vancouver School of Theology in Vancouver, British Columbia. Prior to that she was Carpenter Professor of Theology at Vanderbilt Divinity School, where she taught for thirty years. Among her many influential works, all from Fortress Press, are Blessed Are the show more Consumers (2013), Life Abundant (2000), and The Body of God (1993). show less
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