Cooper, John W.,  1947-, <br/><br/>
Our Father in heaven :  Christian faith and inclusive language for God /  [print] 
John W. Cooper. 
 - Grand Rapids, Michigan :  Baker Books,  (c)1998. 
 - 301 pages ;  23 cm 
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<br/><br/>The controversy over inclusive language for God --  Theological arguments for inclusive language for God  --  The Bible's feminine and maternal references to God --  The Bible's masculine language for God --  The essential difference between biblical and gender-inclusive language for God --  Revelation, Scripture, and naming God --  But God is beyond gender! --  Inclusive language and Christian truth --  Inclusivism and Christian piety --  Is the God of the Bible a sexist? --  The motherly touch of our heavenly father : the language of biblical Christianity. 
<br/><br/> Is it okay to call God mother? John Cooper's Our Father in Heaven explores this question, offering a critique of inclusive language for God. Cooper closely examines how Scripture addresses God and points out the critical differences between the Bible's gendered language for God and inclusive language. In addition, he encourages the church to follow the Bible's model of using feminine imagery in reference to God. In a chapter titled "The Motherly Touch of Our Heavenly Father," he provides specific suggestions for making appropriate use of feminine imagery for God in public worship, church education, evangelism, pastoral counseling, personal devotions, scholarship, and art. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780801021886 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>98040633 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Christian Reformed Church--Liturgy.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nonsexist language--Religious aspects--Christian Reformed Church.<br/>Sexism in liturgical language.<br/>Godsnamen.<br/>Sekserol.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BX6825 BX6825.C777.O974 1998