Metaphorical Theology : Models of God In Religious Language
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. . . a liberating book about a liberating theological approach.
--Christianity and Crisis
Metaphorical Theology is a brilliant piece of writing which will make an important contribution both to new thinking on he nature of religious language and also to the dialogue between Christianity and Feminist Theology.
--Rosemary Radford Ruether
Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
The great virtue of Professor McFague's book is that it tackles [some] crucial problems in an extremely perceptive and creative way . . . .All in all it is a most timely book both for the theological and for the church at large.
--Maurice Wiles
Regius Professor of Divinity
Christ Church, Oxford University
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--Christianity and Crisis
Metaphorical Theology is a brilliant piece of writing which will make an important contribution both to new thinking on he nature of religious language and also to the dialogue between Christianity and Feminist Theology.
--Rosemary Radford Ruether
Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
The great virtue of Professor McFague's book is that it tackles [some] crucial problems in an extremely perceptive and creative way . . . .All in all it is a most timely book both for the theological and for the church at large.
--Maurice Wiles
Regius Professor of Divinity
Christ Church, Oxford University
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Product details
- Paperback | 240 pages
- 151 x 227 x 13.97mm | 358.34g
- 01 Mar 1997
- 1517 MEDIA
- Augsburg Fortress
- Minneapolis, United States
- English
- 0800616871
- 9780800616878
- 499,413
Table of contents
Preface
Preface to the Second Printing
1. Toward a Metaphorical Theology
The Problem of Religious Language
The Idolatry of Religious Language
The Irrelevance of Religious Language
Can Religious Language Be Revitalized?
Metaphorical Theology
2. Metaphor, Parable, and Scripture
Metaphor
Parable
Scripture
3. Models in Science
Models in the Social Sciences and Technology
Natural Science, the Humanities, and the Imagination
Paradigms
Types of Models and Two Views of Models in Science
Central Insights from Scientific Models Pertinent to Theology
4. Models in Theology
Differences Between Scientific and Theological Models
Parable, Paradigm, and Root-Metaphor in Christianity
Creeds: Models or Dogmas?
Models and Concepts
The Truth of Theological Models
Criteria for Theological Models
5. God the Father: Model or Idol?
Partriarchy in Perspective
Revolutionary Feminist Theology: A new Paradigm and a new Model
Reformist Feminist Theology: The Search for New Models
God the Friend
Conclusion
Notes
Index of Authors
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Preface to the Second Printing
1. Toward a Metaphorical Theology
The Problem of Religious Language
The Idolatry of Religious Language
The Irrelevance of Religious Language
Can Religious Language Be Revitalized?
Metaphorical Theology
2. Metaphor, Parable, and Scripture
Metaphor
Parable
Scripture
3. Models in Science
Models in the Social Sciences and Technology
Natural Science, the Humanities, and the Imagination
Paradigms
Types of Models and Two Views of Models in Science
Central Insights from Scientific Models Pertinent to Theology
4. Models in Theology
Differences Between Scientific and Theological Models
Parable, Paradigm, and Root-Metaphor in Christianity
Creeds: Models or Dogmas?
Models and Concepts
The Truth of Theological Models
Criteria for Theological Models
5. God the Father: Model or Idol?
Partriarchy in Perspective
Revolutionary Feminist Theology: A new Paradigm and a new Model
Reformist Feminist Theology: The Search for New Models
God the Friend
Conclusion
Notes
Index of Authors
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