Wearing God : clothing, laughter, fire, and other overlooked ways of meeting God / Lauren F. Winner.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: New York : HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2015Edition: FIRST editionDescription: x, 286 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780061768125
  • 006176812X
  • 9780061768132
  • 0061768138
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BT 103 .W56 2015
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.
Summary: "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.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection BT 103 .W56 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98650694

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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.

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