The Kindness of God: Metaphor, Gender, and Religious Language Review

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The Kindness of God: Metaphor, Gender, and Religious Language ReviewJanet Soskice's book is a collection of essays covering topics as diverse as feminism, being the image of God, friendship, Blood and defilement, calling God 'Father' and more. Although there are some common themes running through the book, particularly some bible verses, the overall effect was rather disjointed, particularly the chapter comparing St Augustine and Julian of Norwich's ideas of Trinity and the image of God which seemed very different than the other chapters.
The author's wide knowledge of Christian writers from Augustine to C S Lewis added a great deal of interest, as did her own occasional personal comments about the Christian life for a woman. Although enjoying the book, this reader would probably have benefited more from reading each chapter on a different day to fully appreciate the messages and thoughts, rather than trying to find an overall theme for the book in one reading.The Kindness of God: Metaphor, Gender, and Religious Language OverviewFathers, 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 of religious language and feminism opens up the Bible's imagery for sex, gender, and kinship and does so by discussing its place in the central teachings of Christian theology: the doctrine of God and spirituality, Imago Dei and anthropology,Creation, Christology and the Cross, the Trinity, and eschatology.

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