Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation

Auteur(s) : Stavrakopoulou, Francesca (1975-....)  Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Titre(s) : God [Texte imprimé] : an anatomy / Francesca Stavrakopoulou

Publication : New York (N.Y.) : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023

Description matérielle : 1 vol. (ix-592 pages-[16] p. de pl.) : ill. ; 25 cm

Note(s) : Bibliogr. pages 501-542. Notes bibliogr. Index
"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"

Sujet(s) : Image de Dieu -- Doctrines religieuses  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Masculinité -- Doctrines religieuses  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Indice(s) Dewey :  231.4 (23e éd.) = Dieu (christianisme) - Attributs  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780525520450 (rel.)

Identifiant de la notice  : ark:/12148/cb47248811d

Notice n° :  FRBNF47248811 (notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)

Table des matières : Prologue ; Introduction. Dissecting the divine ; Feet and legs. Grounded ; Footloose ; Sensational feet ; Genitals. Cover up ; Phallic masculinities ; Perfecting the penis ; Divine sex ; Torso. Back and beyond ; Inside out ; From belly to bowel ; Arms and hands. Handedness ; Arm's reach ; Divine touch ; Holy handbooks ; Head. Face to face ; Headstrong beauty ; Profile ; Sense and sensitivity ; Gasp and gulp ; Epilogue. An autopsy