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Metaphorical Theology Sallie McFague's innovative theology

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Posted 08 November 2007 - 05:01 PM

It's definitely best to read Sallie McFague's many great books but here is an article >

http://people.bu.edu...909_mcfague.htm

which summarizes some of her thinking. Here's another one >

http://theologytoday...bookreview2.htm

One of her best books, LIFE ABUNDANT, was written after these articles were published.

What I found most intriguing and helpful in her book, METAPHORICAL THEOLOGY, is her assertion, well documented and argued, that all of our language is metaphorical: Religious language, theological language, political language, scientific language, etc.

She offers new models for theological thinking which move us beyond patriarchal and hierarchical metaphors. Example: God as Friend rather than Father.

Wow!

love, john + http://www.abundancetrek.com & http://www.abundancetrek.com/blog + We are intimately, intricately and infinitely connected by a matrix of unconditional, unlimited and uniting love which is miraculous, mysterious and marvellous.

This post has been edited by mystictrek: 08 November 2007 - 05:02 PM

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