Imagining God: Myth and Metaphor

Author: Casanova, Humberto

Brand: Wipf & Stock Publishers

Number Of Pages: 340

EAN: 9781532688195

Release Date: 05-02-2020

Package Dimensions: 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.8 inches

Languages: English

Binding: hardcover

Part Number: Refer to Sapnet.

Details: An ever-growing number of Christians are becoming more and more uncomfortable with the tenets of the church, the stories of the Bible, and the church's worldview. Statistics show that these feelings easily escalate into a crisis of faith, and for now their predicament is being resolved by leaving the church. This book will certainly help dealing with the crisis by showing that the language of faith is built by a web of metaphors taken from the Ancient Near East. We do not need to take biblical language literally, but as parables for human values in need to be assessed critically.