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God : an anatomy / Francesca Stavrakopoulou.

By: Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022Edition: First American editionDescription: ix, 592 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0525520457
  • 9780525520450
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: GodDDC classification:
  • 231/.4 23
LOC classification:
  • BT180 .C67 S738 2022
Contents:
Dissecting the divine -- Grounded -- Footloose -- Sensational feet -- Cover up -- Phallic masculinities -- Perfecting the penis -- Divine sex -- Back and beyond -- Inside out -- From belly to bowel -- Handedness -- Arm's reach -- Divine touch -- Holy handbooks -- Face to face -- Headstrong beauty -- Profile -- Sense and sensitivity -- Gasp and gulp -- An autopsy.
Summary: "An astonishing and revelatory history that re-presents God as he was originally envisioned by ancient worshippers--with a distinctly male body, and with superhuman powers, earthly passions, and a penchant for the fantastic and monstrous. The scholarship of theology and religion teaches us that the God of the Bible was without a body, only revealing himself in the Old Testament in words mysteriously uttered through his prophets, and in the New Testament in the body of Christ. The portrayal of God as corporeal and masculine is seen as merely metaphorical, figurative, or poetic. But, in this revelatory study, Francesca Stavrakopoulou presents a vividly corporeal image of God: a human-shaped deity who walks and talks and weeps and laughs, who eats, sleeps, feels, and breathes, and who is undeniably male. Here is a portrait--arrived at through the author's close examination of and research into the Bible--of a god in ancient myths and rituals who was a product of a particular society, at a particular time, made in the image of the people who lived then, shaped by their own circumstances and experience of the world. From head to toe--and every part of the body in between--this is a god of stunning surprise and complexity, one we have never encountered before"-- Provided by publisher.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks BT180 .C67 S738 2022 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001501948

"This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 501-542) and index.

Dissecting the divine -- Grounded -- Footloose -- Sensational feet -- Cover up -- Phallic masculinities -- Perfecting the penis -- Divine sex -- Back and beyond -- Inside out -- From belly to bowel -- Handedness -- Arm's reach -- Divine touch -- Holy handbooks -- Face to face -- Headstrong beauty -- Profile -- Sense and sensitivity -- Gasp and gulp -- An autopsy.

"An astonishing and revelatory history that re-presents God as he was originally envisioned by ancient worshippers--with a distinctly male body, and with superhuman powers, earthly passions, and a penchant for the fantastic and monstrous. The scholarship of theology and religion teaches us that the God of the Bible was without a body, only revealing himself in the Old Testament in words mysteriously uttered through his prophets, and in the New Testament in the body of Christ. The portrayal of God as corporeal and masculine is seen as merely metaphorical, figurative, or poetic. But, in this revelatory study, Francesca Stavrakopoulou presents a vividly corporeal image of God: a human-shaped deity who walks and talks and weeps and laughs, who eats, sleeps, feels, and breathes, and who is undeniably male. Here is a portrait--arrived at through the author's close examination of and research into the Bible--of a god in ancient myths and rituals who was a product of a particular society, at a particular time, made in the image of the people who lived then, shaped by their own circumstances and experience of the world. From head to toe--and every part of the body in between--this is a god of stunning surprise and complexity, one we have never encountered before"-- Provided by publisher.

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