Suckling at My Mother's Breasts - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Suckling at My Mother's Breasts write by Ellen Davina Haskell. This book was released on 2012-11-06. Suckling at My Mother's Breasts available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. One of Kabbalah's most distinctive images of the feminine divine is that of a motherly, breastfeeding God. Suckling at My Mother's Breasts traces this idea from its origins in ancient rabbinic literature through its flourishing in the medieval classic Sefer ha-Zohar (The Book of Splendor). Taking the position that kabbalistic images provide specific, detailed models for understanding the relationship between God and human beings, Ellen Davina Haskell connects divine nursing theology to Jewish ideals regarding motherhood, breastfeeding, and family life from medieval France and Spain, where Kabbalah originated. Haskell's approach allows for a new evaluation of Kabbalah's feminine divine, one centered on culture and context, rather than gender philosophy or psychoanalysis. As this work demonstrates, the image of the nursing divine is intended to cultivate a direct emotional response to God rooted in nurture, love, and reliance, rather than knowledge, sexuality, or authority.
Nobody Ever Told Me (or My Mother) That!
Nobody Ever Told Me (or My Mother) That! - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Nobody Ever Told Me (or My Mother) That! write by Diane Bahr. This book was released on 2010. Nobody Ever Told Me (or My Mother) That! available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Advice on feeding and exercises to assist the development of babies' mouth and facial muscles to ensure language development, good mouth structure and movement.
Divine Doppelgängers
Divine Doppelgängers - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Divine Doppelgängers write by Collin Cornell. This book was released on 2021-05-18. Divine Doppelgängers available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Bible says that YHWH alone is God and that there is none like him—but texts and artwork from antiquity show that many gods looked very similar. In this volume, scholars of the Hebrew Bible and its historical contexts address the problem of YHWH’s ancient look-alikes, providing recommendations for how Jews and Christians can think theologically about this challenge. Sooner or later, whether in a religion class or a seminary course, students bump up against the fact that God—the biblical God—was one among other, comparable gods. The ancient world was full of gods, including great gods of conquering empires, dynastic gods of petty kingdoms, goddesses of fertility, and personal spirit guardians. And in various ways, these gods look like the biblical God. Like the God of the Bible, they, too, controlled the fates of nations, chose kings, bestowed fecundity and blessing, and cared for their individual human charges. They spoke and acted. They experienced wrath and delight. They inspired praise. All of this leaves Jews and Christians in a bind: how can they confess that the God named YHWH was (and is) the true and living God, in view of this God’s profound similarities to all these others? The essays in this volume address the theological challenge these parallels create, providing reflections on how Jews and Christians can keep faith in YHWH as God while acknowledging the reality of YHWH’s divine doppelgängers. It will be welcomed by undergraduates studying religion; seminarians and graduate students of Bible, theology, and the ancient world; and adult education classes.
The Anthropology of Food and Body
The Anthropology of Food and Body - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Anthropology of Food and Body write by Carole M. Counihan. This book was released on 2018-10-24. The Anthropology of Food and Body available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Anthropology of Food and Body explores the way that making, eating, and thinking about food reveal culturally determined gender-power relations in diverse societies. This book brings feminist and anthropological theories to bear on these provocative issues and will interest anyone investigating the relationship between food, the body, and cultural notions of gender.
Figuring Religions
Figuring Religions - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Figuring Religions write by Shubha Pathak. This book was released on 2013-04-02. Figuring Religions available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Figuring Religions offers new ways of comparing prominent features of the world's religions. Comparison has been at the heart of religious studies as a modern academic discipline, but comparison can be problematic. Scholars of religion have been faulted for ignoring or reinterpreting differences to create a universal paradigm. In reaction, many of today's scholars have placed chief emphasis on the differences between traditions. Seeking to reinvigorate comparison and avoid its excesses, contributors to this volume use theories of metaphor and metonymy from the fields of philosophy, linguistics, and anthropology to look at religious ideas, images, and activities. Traditions considered include Hinduism, ancient Greek religions, Judaism, Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, Christianity, and Islam. By applying trope theories, contributors reveal elements of these religions in and across their cultural contexts.
