Body Metaphors: Releasing God-Feminine in Us All - Hardcover

Haddon, Genia Pauli

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0824508556 ISBN 13: 9780824508555

Publisher: Crossroad Pub Co, 1988

Synopsis

Identifies the active and passive symbolism found in both the male and female bodies and uses the four metaphors to suggest a new relationship with the divine

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From Library Journal:

By a Jungian analyst/U.C.C. minister, this metaphorically links behavior and anatomy to transcend stereotypes of men as primarily phallic/aggressive and women as nurturing (womb-like) and passive. Women, Haddon suggests, also have their own active/transforming mode, seen biologically in giving birth, while the male has a quieter way of being, resembling the testicles, which just "hang in there." Haddon argues persuasively, drawing implications for theology as she offers sample liturgies that encourage a more androgynous style of faith. (Illustrations not seen.) EC
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About this edition

• Publisher: Crossroad Pub Co
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0824508556
• ISBN 13: 9780824508555
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224