The Father and the Feminine: Exploring the Grammar of God and Gender

How should Christians speak of the transcendent yet personal God when our language for persons is almost always gendered? Is male imagery--such as Father, Son, or King--the only appropriate way? Are there ways to talk of God using female-gendered metaphors and pronouns? And how does the use of such language impact humans as gendered people? Moving beyond the extremes in this debate, The Father and the Feminine seeks to clarify the ways Christians speak about God: whether this is by recogniz...