Reimagining God

by Van Wijk-Bos, Johanna W. H.

• ISBN13: 9780664255695
• ISBN10: 0664255698
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-03-01
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr

Summary

This book make available to a general readership the scholarship that has dealt with God-imagery in the Bible. It will find its place in the church, in the seminary, in the adult study group, and in the hands of those wanting to reexamine the language associated with God in the Bible and the real implications of this language in the world.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
Naming the Holy One	p. 1
Two Images
Issues and Questions
Naming the Holy One and Holy Scripture
"To Whom Then Will You Compare Me?"	p. 11
Exile and Crisis
Speaking of God
"Your Ways Are Not My Ways"
Names and the Gender of God	p. 23
Elohim
El Shaddai
The Unpronounceable Name
The Holy One of Israel
To Whom Does Scripture Compare God?	p. 35
Speaking of People--Speaking of God
Is God a Man of War?
God as Male Authority: King and Lord
God as Teacher
God as Kinsman: Father
God as Rock
God as Maker and Mender
In Summary
God--Maker and Mother	p. 50
A Woman in Childbirth
A Child's Protest
A Mother's Responsibility
Can a Child Forget?
A Mother's Protest
A Mother Comforts
In Summary
God--Eagle and Spirit	p. 66
As an Eagle ... as a Hen
The Presence of God in the Spirit
She Who Gives Life
She Who Empowers
She Who Educates
In Summary
The Paths of Wisdom	p. 78
Who Is Sophia?
What Is Wisdom?
Who Is Woman Wisdom?
Is Woman Wisdom God?
Woman Wisdom and Women
In Summary
"I Will Be Who I Will Be"	p. 89
A Conversation in the Desert
The Impossible Name
Promise of Presence
The God of the Future
Conclusion	p. 99
Glossary	p. 102
Notes	p. 105
Selected Bibliography	p. 114
Scripture Index	p. 117
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