6.5 Born again
John 3:1-8 Christians are so familiar with the term “born again” that they forget to explore what it means. This time, we will explore it through Isaiah. Having read Isaiah 42 above, read the classic...
View Article6.6 Conclusions
This chapter, unlike those before it, has not tried to persuade you of something. It has rather tried to enable you to explore God’s motherliness for yourself. Any conclusions will come from you, in...
View Article7 Christian Talk of the Motherly God
This last chapter sums up my conclusions. Some of this affirms, and some develops the implications. However, I hope you will experience some moments when things “click into place” for you.
View Article7.1 God as Mother
Today talking of God as mother still does not come naturally to Christians. Liberals often seem determined to exploit the shock value, or risk leaving orthodox faith behind, in their search for...
View Article7.2 Not a Father Only
Nobody can deny that, in the traditions that begin in the Bible, father-talk has always been more prevalent than talk of God as mother. We cannot neglect the fact that Jesus chose “father” as a name...
View Article7.3 Idolatry and Images of God
It is important to underline and highlight the claim I have been making in this book by using of the term “idolatry”. This claim is simple and straightforward. In the Bible, the pagans pictured their...
View Article7.4 Nourishing a Biblical Faith
I have tried to show, through the examples in Chapter 6, that the Bible provides starting points to begin nourishing a maternal spirituality to enrich our existing paternal patterns. If we consciously...
View Article7.5 Why it Matters
For our spiritual health, we should use these possibilities. Aside from the danger of idolatry mentioned above, we can damage our spiritual health in other ways if we neglect these clues from the Bible...
View Article7.6 Conclusion
We have reached our considered conclusions. In the Bible God is pictured as mother. For most of the time since Jesus, orthodox Christian theologians have pictured God as mother at times, always...
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Achtemeier, Elizabeth “Female Language for God: Should the Church Adopt It?” Pages 97-114 in The Hermeneutical Quest: Essays in Honor of James Luther Mays on his Sixty-fifth Birthday. Edited by Donald...
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