Title: Gender, doctrine, & God : the Shakers and contemporary theology /
Authors: Mercadante, Linda A., 1947-
Publisher: Abingdon Press,
Year: 1990
Subjects: Shakers Doctrines History.; Shakers Influence.; Femininity of God History of doctrines.; God Fatherhood History of doctrines.; Theology, Doctrinal United States History; God (Christianity) Fatherhood History of doctrines.
Contents: Gender imagery for God : the complexity of the issue. Rationales for expanding God imagery ; The interaction between experience, imagery, and doctrine ; Approaches to expanding God imagery ; Why study the Shakers? -- The development of the Shaker idea of God. The early Shakers and their view of Christ and God ; The development of shared authority ; The development of a gender-inclusive doctrine of God ; The Shakers in the light of current presuppositions -- The gender-inclusive God in Shaker theology. Testimony of Christ's Second Appearing / Benjamin S. Youngs ; A Summary View / Calvin Green and Seth Wells ; The Divine Book of Holy and Eternal Wisdom / Paulina Bates ; Separate but not equal -- The visitations of Holy Mother Wisdom and God the Father and the testimonies of Shakers. The visitations of Holy Mother Wisdom and God the Father ; Role of the leadership ; Role of the instruments ; The testimonies ; The use of imagery ; Conclusions -- The Shakers and contemporary theology. The role of imagery ; Gender-inclusive imagery for God ; The potential in a Trinitarian conception.