Kris Kvam

Language for God

Theology

“With fascinating detail and an ear for significant stories, Streufert offers a careful argument and informing insights related to the significance and norms for imagery and language about God. Ironically, Ironically, there are few book-length discussions of how Christians ought to speak to and about God, even though Christians and their communities have been debating this question for more than half a century. Streufert responds to this lacuna with a constructive theological proposal that calls for using multigendered terms and images. In six elegantly written chapters, she examines significant ways that the Bible and Christian tradition—including central themes in Luther’s theology—offer support for moving beyond using only male terms and masculine imagery. I urge not only Christian pastors and theologians to study this book but also all persons who yearn to know, pray, and sing to God beyond the strictures of androcentrism.”