The Kindness of God

By Janet Martin Soskice,

Book cover of The Kindness of God: Metaphor, Gender, and Religious Language

Book description

Fathers, sons, brothers, kings. Does the predominantly masculine symbolism of the Biblical writings exclude women or overlook the riches of their spiritual life? If Christ is 'the second Adam' and the one on whom all Christian life must be patterned, then what about Eve? This book from a leading scholar…

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1 author picked The Kindness of God as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This is the kind of book I want to write when I grow up. Handsome inside and out, this compact little volume packs a punch in its few dense chapters.

It was one of the biggest inspirations for me to write about God’s goodness as elegantly, clearly, and powerfully as possible. 

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