Name: Voice, Place, Fire: God in Metaphor
Start: 2014-12-07T14:30:00-0500
End: 2014-12-07T15:30:00-0500

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Voice, Place, Fire: God in Metaphor

Traditional images of God as King or Supreme Being can be alienating. How might we reclaim and reconstruct our thinking about the Ultimate? We will explore some of the myriad ancient metaphors for the Divine, moving beyond God as person.

Speakers

Toba Spitzer

Toba Spitzer is the rabbi of Congregation Dorshei Tzedek in West Newton, and a former president of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association. She has written and taught on Jewish approaches to economic justice and new approaches to thinking and talking about God, and more.

2014 Handout Spitzer Why is Metaphor Important 5 docx

2014 Toba Spitzer Handouts docx

Sunday December 7, 2014 2:30pm - 3:30pm EST
Feinberg Library

Spirituality & Prayer, Text & Thought

Audience Metaphors We Live By by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson. I Is An Other: The Secret Life of Metaphor and How it Shapes the Way We See the World by James Geary.

LimmudBoston 2014

Toba Spitzer