Wearing God: An Exercise in Enriching Our Spiritual Imagination
出版時(shí)間:2014-09
頁數(shù):256
ISBN:9780061768125
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Lauren Winner, who won a Christianity Today Book Award for her last book, Still, now presents biblical metaphors for God, reflecting on how these images work biblically and culturally, and then exploring how they can open up our spiritual lives. She will look at, for example, the biblical motif of how we are “clothed with Christ,” or how “God fits us like a garment,” and then analyze how clothing functions culturally to shape us, identify our ideals and our community, and how this new metaphor can function spiritually. Winner will explore this and other metaphors for God found in the Bible, such as vine/vintner, lactation consultant, comedian, and more, offering fresh, surprising, and enlightening interpretations that will enrich our spiritual pract
Lauren Winner, who won a Christianity Today Book Award for her last book, Still, now presents biblical metaphors for God, reflecting on how these images work biblically and culturally, and then exploring how they can open up our spiritual lives. She will look at, for example, the biblical motif of how we are “clothed with Christ,” or how “God fits us like a garment,” and then analyze how clothing functions culturally to shape us, identify our ideals and our community, and how this new metaphor can function spiritually. Winner will explore this and other metaphors for God found in the Bible, such as vine/vintner, lactation consultant, comedian, and more, offering fresh, surprising, and enlightening interpretations that will enrich our spiritual pract