Wearing God : clothing, laughter, fire, and other overlooked ways of meeting God /
Winner, Lauren F.
Wearing God : clothing, laughter, fire, and other overlooked ways of meeting God / Lauren F. Winner. - FIRST edition. - x, 286 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
"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 lives"--Amazon.com.
9780061768125 006176812X 9780061768132 0061768138
2015001455
Image of God.
Spirituality--Christianity.
Spiritual life--Christianity.
Christian women--Religious life.
BT 103 / .W56 2015
Wearing God : clothing, laughter, fire, and other overlooked ways of meeting God / Lauren F. Winner. - FIRST edition. - x, 286 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
"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 lives"--Amazon.com.
9780061768125 006176812X 9780061768132 0061768138
2015001455
Image of God.
Spirituality--Christianity.
Spiritual life--Christianity.
Christian women--Religious life.
BT 103 / .W56 2015