In this award-winning text, theologian Sallie McFague challenges Christians' usual speech about God as a kind of monarch. She probes instead three other possible metaphors for Godas mother, lover, and friend.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Part One
Theology for an Ecological, Nuclear Age
1. A New Sensibility
A Holisitc View of Reality
The Nuclear Nightmare
Theological Construction
2. Metaphorical Theology
Metaphors, Models, and Concepts
Sources and Resources: Scripture, Tradition, and Experience
The Christian Paradigm
3. God and the World
The Monarchical Model
The World as God's Body
God as Mother, Lover, Friend
Part Two
Models of God for an Ecological, Nuclear Age
Introductions
4. God as Mother
The Love of God as Mother: Agape
The Activity of God as Mother: Creating
The Ethic of God as Mother: Justice
5. God as Lover
The Love of God as Lover: Eros
The Activity of God as Lover: Saving
The Ethic of God as Lover: Healing
6. God as Friend
The Lover of God as Friend: Philia
The Activity of God as Friend: Sustaining
The Ethic of God as Friend: Companionship
Conclusion
Notes
