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A robust theological argument against the assumption that God is male. God values women. While many Christians would readily affirm this truth, the widely held assumption that the Bible depicts a male God persists—as it has for centuries. This misperception of Christianity not only perniciously implies that men deserve an elevated place over women but also compromises the glory of God by making God appear to be part of creation, subject to it and its categories, rather than in transcendence of it. Through a deep reading of the incarnation narratives of the New Testament and other relevant scriptural texts, Amy Peeler shows how the Bible depicts a God beyond gender and a savior who, while embodied as a man, is the unification in one person of the image of God that resides in both male and female. Peeler begins with a study of Mary and her response to the annunciation, through which it becomes clear that God empowers women and honors their agency. Then Peeler describes from a theological standpoint how the virgin birth of Jesus—the second Adam—reverses the gendered division enacted in the garden of Eden. While acknowledging the significance of the Bible’s frequent use of “Father” language to represent God as a caring parent, Peeler goes beneath the surface of this metaphor to show how God is never sexualized by biblical writers or described as being physically involved in procreation—making the concept of a masculine God dubious, at best. From these doctrinal centers of Christianity, Peeler leads the way in reasserting the value of women in the church and prophetically speaking out against the destructive idolatry of masculinity.

Masculinity of God --- Women --- Femininity of God --- Biblical teaching

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Femininity of God --- Masculinity of God --- Biblical teaching --- History of doctrines

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This book deals with aspects of the gender imaging of God in a variety of medieval kabbalistic sources. It provides the key to understanding the phenomenological structures of mystical experience as well as the thematic correlation of esotericism and eroticism that is central to the kabbalah. The author examines the role of gender utilizing current feminist studies and cultural anthropology. He explores the themes of the feminization of the Torah, the correlation of circumcision and vision of God, the phallocentric understanding of divine creation as a process of inscription mythologized as an act of sexual self-gratification, and the phenomenon of gender-crossing in kabbalistic myth and ritual. Collectively, the studies explore in great depth the androcentric phallocentrism that is characteristic of medieval Jewish mysticism.

Cabala --- God (Judaism) --- Masculinity of God --- Femininity of God. --- Kabbale --- Dieu (Judaïsme) --- Dieu --- History --- Histoire --- Masculinité --- Féminité --- Zohar. --- ZOHAR --- GOD (JUDAISM) --- FEMININITY OF GOD --- CABALA --- RELIGION --- Zohar --- Femininity Of God --- Religion --- God (judaism) --- Femininity of god

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Doctrine of God (christianism) --- Bible NT. Gospels. John --- God --- Fatherhood --- Bible --- Criticism, interpretation, etc --- 226.5 --- Evangelie volgens Johannes --- Fatherhood of God --- Children of God --- Masculinity of God --- Bible. --- Jean (Book of the New Testament) --- Johanisi (Book of the New Testament) --- Johannesevangelium --- John (Book of the New Testament) --- Yohan pogŭm --- Yohane den (Book of the New Testament) --- Yūḥannā (Book of the New Testament) --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Ioganaĭ (Book of the New Testament) --- Иоганай (Book of the New Testament) --- God - Fatherhood