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God the What?: What Our Metaphors for God Reveal about Our Beliefs in God

Autor Carolyn Jane Bohler
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 sep 2008

Challenge our common images of God by blowing the lid off conventional God-descriptors.

"We do not have to let go of one sense of God to take up another. Neither do we need to go about challenging old metaphors. What is crucial is to find a metaphor or two, or six that creatively point toward what we believe." from Chapter 1

Let Carolyn Jane Bohler inspire you to consider a wide range of images of God in order to refine how you imagine God to have and use power, and how God wills and makes divine will happen or not. By tapping into your God-given ability to re-imagine God, you will have a better understanding of your own beliefs and how you, God and the world relate to each other.

Wonderfully fresh and down to earth, Bohler uses playful images, moving stories and solid scholarship to empower you to break free of old habits and assumptions, whatever your faith tradition. She encourages you to explore new names for God that are not only more consistent with what you believe, but will also deepen and expand your experience of God. Think about God the Choreographer of ChaosGod the Nursing MotherGod the Jazz Band LeaderGod the Divine BlacksmithGod the Divine Physical TherapistGod the Team Transformer and more

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781594732515
ISBN-10: 1594732515
Pagini: 162
Dimensiuni: 155 x 228 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Editura: Skylight Paths Publishing

Notă biografică

Carolyn Jane Bohler was the Emma Sanborn Toussant Professor of Pastoral Theology and Counseling at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio, for twenty-one years. She has served three different United Methodist churches in Southern California-in San Diego, Tustin and Redlands. She was also campus chaplain at Simpson College in Iowa and hospital chaplain intern in downtown Los Angeles and San Francisco. She is the author of six books, includingOpening to God: Guided Imagery Meditation on Scripture(published under the name Stahl) and a children's book, God Is Like a Mother Hen and Much, Much More. She is now enjoying retirement back in Dayton, where she is embracing a new role as grandmother.


Cuprins

Acknowledgments
Introduction

1. God the What?
A Lively, Multidimensional Faith
What Makes a Good Metaphor?
Bringing New Meaning to Old Metaphors
Metaphor Wondering
Imagining New Metaphors

2 God Can Do What? God's Power
A Shaky Search to Understand God's Power
An Attitude of Inquiry
A Hundred Ways of Wondering
Powerful Options
Transforming Power

3 God Wants What? God's Will
God the Designer of All Events: Is What Is, Meant to Be?
God the Proposer: Dare We Say No to a Proposal?
God the Improviser: How Do We Creatively Respond to God's Nod?
God the Graffiti Artist: How Do We Get Clues to What God Wants?

4 God Interacts How? Our Relationship with God
Twin Spiritual Needs
Implications for Human Relationships
A Closer Look at One Metaphor
Conclusion: Metaphors Matter

Epilogue: Personal Metaphor Wondering
Reflective Questions
Discussion Guide for Groups
Notes
Credits
Hebrew, Christian, and Islamic Scriptures Index
Metaphor Index