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ISBN-13: 9780800627744
Publisher: 1517 MEDIA
Imprint: AUGSBURG BOOKS
Edited by Gail Ramshaw
Price: AUD $51.99
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Local release date: 02/04/1995
Format: Paperback (216.00mm X 140.00mm) 152 pages Weight: 0g
Categories: Nature & existence of God [HRAB1]Christian theology [HRCM]

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Author Biography
Google Preview: The Christian use of God-language has become a matter of debate among laypersons, theologians, worship leaders, and others. Such debates are often heated, because the address of God impinges on what many persons find to be close to the heart of their spirituality. Combining doxological, Christian, and feminist concerns, Gail Ramshaw examines each of the primary types of Christian language about God and in the process, evaluates gender issues and proposes helpful guideline and solutions. Many questions are involved in this issue. Can masculine pronouns for God be retained on the basis of biblical usage? Can Trinitarian language be gender-inclusive? What should be the Christian understanding of the divine name of God (YHWH) in the Old Testament? What are the possibilities and what are the hazards of using human images ('judge,' 'shepherd,' 'father,' 'mother,' 'Sophia') for God? Is all human language-and possibly all human thought-necessarily metaphorical?; Gail Ramshaw is a scholar of liturgical language and retired professor of religion at La Salle University. She served on the Revised Common Lectionary design committee and on the Church's Year task force for the Renewing Worship project of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Her many publications include Christian Worship, Treasures Old and New, Between Sundays, and God beyond Gender, all from Fortress Press.; Google Preview content