Models of God: Theology for an Ecological, Nuclear Age

In this award-winning text, theologian Sallie McFague challenges Christians' usual speech about God as a kind of monarch. She probes instead three other possible metaphors for God as mother, lover, and friend. Frontmatter Preface (page ix) Part One: Theology for an Ecological, Nuclear Age 1. A New Sensibility (page 3) 2. Metaphorical Theology (page 29) 3. God and the World (page 59) Part Two: Models of God for an Ecological, Nuclear Age Introduction (page 91) 4. God as Mother (page 97) 5. God as Lover (page 125) 6. God as Friend (page 157) Conclusion (page 181) Notes (page 189)