The feminine face of god pdf

In contrast to historical depictions, americans generally see god as young, caucasian. The feminine imagery of god in the hebrew bible cbe. I think god is more likely to have been a woman because women are nurturing, caring and loving. To what extent femininity is biologically or socially influenced is subject to debate. Throughout the long history of the great controversy between good and evil, the hebrew god of israel has been shrouded in mystery, especially the mysterious presence. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the divine feminine, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. Navigating through its complex style which intermixes poetry characteristic of the old testament and elaborate sentences found in greek oratory berrigans wisdom. The godless void is what confronts us, when our surroundings are. God with us in the depths of life as it springs forth from the natural world, he said. Even before the feminist movement demanded that i use inclusive language to publicly declare this truth, i saw this side of god in the jesus who approached the world with what we would call a feminine sensitivity and appreciation. Hail fathermother we see that god is fathermother, we see the one within the other. For when i do, i have created a graven image and i am worshipping a false god before the real god. It is wrong to think of god as either male or female. Later medieval christology and the devaluation of the feminine.

The eagerly anticipated paperback edition of a pioneering look at womens spirituality that has helped thousands of women redefine traditional beliefs and. Nine heart paths to healing and abundance sample free ebook download as pdf file. The feminine face of god this homily discusses the feminine face of god. Throughout the long history of the great controversy between good and evil, the hebrew god of israel has been shrouded in mystery, especially the mysterious presence of the glory of the lord in the most holy. Other women who stayed at home to work did jobs that were unseen, unpaid, and often unappreciated. The prophet isaiah tells us that justice is rooted in the very nature of god 40. Although femininity is socially constructed, some research indicates that some behaviors considered feminine are biologically influenced. May 04, 2012 an indepth study of gods true character in the feminine face of god. Each of us is personally created in gods image, yet there are distinctive differences in the way that image is reflected in the male and female so that we complement and complete each other.

Femininity also called womanliness or girlishness is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles generally associated with women and girls. Anderson and hopkins the feminine face of god 1986 the feminine face of god. A mother of two grown sons, karen lived with her husband john in randolph center, vermont, surrounded by her labyrinth and gardens. The unfolding of the sacred in women anderson, sherry ruth, hopkins, patricia on. If mary reflects the female face of god, then marian theology and devotion have a contribution to make toward the crucial task of imaging god in inclusive fashion. This landmark book is spiritual precisely because it is authentic. In other words, the marian tradition is a golden mother lode which can be mined in order. Exploring the feminine face of god throughout the world. Incorporating feminine imagery into the churchs godlanguage will help men and women together form a fuller, richer, and more biblical imagining of god and one another. The catholic university of america throughout the course of its history the catholic religious spirit has honored in a plethora of ways the person of mary of nazareth. The experience that wisdom is feminine is ancient and transcultural as we shall see. Lee who, beginning from freudian principles, reaches interesting conclusions about.

In other passages of the bible, said pramuk, this feminine god appears as a. Women of the bible 10 examples of feminine courage. For many contemporary women, the old patriarchal models of. Along with the formation of a patriarchal worldview came the creation of a god made in mans image. Titled feminine faces of god a phrase that hughes received in a meditation in early january the concert is a reflection of the friends shared dedication to honoring mary magdalene. Nov 15, 2015 provided to youtube by cdbaby the feminine face of god marina raye womanspirit. In invocation of archetypes, i share how i discovered that archetypal energies can be invoked for healing and initiation, and how that was central to the emergence of the womens mystery school and the beginning of the sacred feminine initiation groups. As god the mother is adored, the sacred balance is restored. Marital fidelity and the feminine face of god christian. God a masculine noun creates by his word, and life begins as the spirit a feminine noun of god hovers over the earth with her lifegiving breath.

Provided to youtube by cdbaby the feminine face of god marina raye womanspirit. The god of the bible and the early church has been described with both masculine and feminine imagery, referred to by the church fathers and mystics as both mother and father. Embracing the feminine side of god red letter christians. Amid pandemic, choose american way of life over american lives. These women of the bible knew the greatness of their god and had a boldness of speech to match. This void opens before us when we destroy the face not the human face only, but also the face of the world. And she returned as christsophia in the christian writings. The divine feminine exploring the feminine face of god throughout the world godsfield press uk and conari press usa 1996. The word tsevaot is the plural of the word tsava, a feminine noun meaning force. Even before the feminist movement demanded that i use inclusive language to publicly declare this truth, i saw this side of god in the jesus who approached the world with what we would call a feminine. In the second verse is the phrase lord god, which in hebrew is yahweh elohim. That feminine face of god, he said, appears especially in the books of wisdom and proverbs as a kind of divine child, an animating presence at play within the whole of creation. The human male has become the most predatory animal on our planet. Seeking the feminine in god goddess worship accentuates.

And he came to her and said, greetings, favored one. The feminine face of god reveals the philosophical. An indepth study of gods true character in the feminine face of god. Anne frank one voice speaks for six millionthe voice not of a sage or a poet but of an ordinary little girl. Anne frank one voice speaks for six millionthe voice not of a sage or a poet but of an ordinary. The next item on this website is a list of some of the books, which awakened me to the feminine in god. Nov 25, 2015 the feminine face of the god who does justice. Shekinah glory the feminine face of god in their image. God and the feminine 9 it expresses a productive innerbodily space which is the complement of the outgoing masculine thrust. In other words the three hypostases only makes sense in connection with a shared hypoousios. The rest is here for you to read as it comes to me and i feel the need to share it with you. Balancing the masculine and feminine aspects of god. Sheila curran rsm justice, as a term evokes a desire for order, fairness, equality, honesty, equity, integrity and even lawfulness. To put this all together for us, spiritually and psychologically, we can say that the feminine must be held in highest esteem spirituallythe elevation of the mother of godin order that the feminine is held in highest esteem in earthly terms.

The women who worked along side men on the construction site today all over india received less wages than the men though they did the same work. The feminine face of god was not altogether wiped out by patriarchy she returned as wisdom and as shekinah in the hebrew scriptures. Nine heart paths to healing and abundance sample free download as pdf file. The feminine face of god as a metaphor for an ecotheology. Nine hearts path to healing and abundance speerstra, karen on. T here are feminine attributes of god to be found in the bible. The comprehensive image of god is the male and female together.

The soul is something both inconceivable and immeasurable to which we belong, in which we live an intermediate dimension between our physical world and the deep unknowable ground of being. Broadening godlanguage has the potential to begin changing the toxic gender hierarchy in the church. Jan 24, 2005 i think god is more likely to have been a woman because women are nurturing, caring and loving. Female images of god in the bible womens ordination. Theological studies 50 1989 mary and the female face of god elizabeth a. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you. Hundreds of sayings, hymns, prayers, and poems from these traditions reveal the importance of renewing and integrating our relationship with the divine feminine and point the way to a new understanding of life, spirituality, and our relationship with this planet.

It focuses largely on individual womens struggles to find their spiritual path and says very little on what they discovered about the feminine nature of god. And to you who fear my name the sun of righteousness shall arise and healing in her wings, and you shall go out and spring about1 as calves of a stall. But god is in intimate relationship even with those who reject him. Some may argue against the feminine forms as if god somehow was limited to the language at hand. Sacred sexuality, reclaiming the divine feminine offers an opportunity to look deeply into the amazing gift that you are as a woman so as to be a part of the collective consciousness, bringing her to the planet in a powerful way. The feminine face of god in the sixth month the angel gabriel was sent by god to a town in galilee called nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was joseph, of the house of david. Feminine leadership will be as distinctive as the difference between men and women. Medieval christians had begun to emphasize the humanity of jesus in reaction to the religious foci of the era before their own early. I believe she is the personification of gods wisdom as the feminine archetype.

The masculine and feminine nature of elohim yahweh elohim. Continuing his highly acclaimed series of spiritual and social commentaries on the books of the bible, daniel berrigan offers an original and timely reading of the wisdom of solomon. In the hebrew scriptures, wisdom is celebrated for her. When fathermother are as one, from union born is god the son. God is compared to a mother bear defending her cubs hosea. Yet it was i who taught ephraim to walk, i who took them up in my arms.

Biblical proofs for the feminine face of god in scripture mike. Each one hidden in the shadows has the face of a child and carries immense creative potential. This ruach, the breath of god, brooded over the face of the deep in the creation story like a hovering mother bird. In the sixth month the angel gabriel was sent by god to a town in galilee called nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was joseph, of the house of david.

Like the spouse in a sacramental marriage, god is unavoidable, or avoidable only by creating a void. Sexpositive marital fidelity and the feminine face of god a viewpoint by esther emery there is a point of struggle in conversations within the christian church dealing with sex and shame. The feminine face of the god who does justice justice, as a term evokes a desire for order, fairness, equality, honesty, equity, integrity and even lawfulness. In our time we have lost much of this rich feminine. We use reverse correlation to understand how a representative sample of american christians visualize the face of god, which we argue is indicative of how believers think about god s mind. Simply stated, god is described in both masculine and feminine imagery in the opening verses of genesis. Feminine genius download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Navigating through its complex stylewhich intermixes poetry characteristic of the old testament and elaborate sentences found in greek oratoryberrigans wisdom. Then god remembered rachel, and god gave heed to her and opened her womb. The book concentrates on the second part of the title.

For the true god, the divine masculine, the divine father, is beyond this world. Feminist theology of love between god and creation. Karen speerstra is the author of ten books including the nautilus gold award winning sophia. An honest, compelling, surprising, and vastly reassuring book about the spiritual life of women. Literature and art have long depicted god as a stern and elderly white man, but do people actually see him this way. May the lord reward your work, and your wages be full from the lord, the god of israel, under whose wings you have come to seek refuge. This does not mean, however, that god cannot have masculine and feminine qualities.

Click download or read online button to get feminine genius book now. Oct 22, 2012 the feminine face of god this homily discusses the feminine face of god. Wisdom, the feminine face of god daily meditations with. Imagining a feminine god christians for biblical equality. The work for justice involves working for systemic change in the world order and in our church. About the feminine face of god an honest, compelling, surprising, and vastly reassuring book about the spiritual life of women. During the later medieval period in western europe, feminine representations of jesus abounded.

When two nouns are placed together they are in the construct state, therefore this phrase would be translated as yahweh of the forces. The feminine face of god reveals the philosophical, ethical, theological, historical, psychological, and scientific issues raised by the text and wrestles with their contemporary. Lee who, beginning from freudian principles, reaches interesting conclusions about the differences in moral perception. The unfolding of the sacred in women sherry ruth anderson, patricia hopkins on. But, they forget that god is the one who made the language, and he is the one choosing what words to use.