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4.17 AVERAGE
4.17 AVERAGE
medium-paced
Good way to frame the recontextualising and rewriting of the bible and other sources to change god from a big guy into the omnipotent/all knowing version we get sold today. Lot of theology, bit of history, covered stuff I knew but a lot of interesting detail of a very knowledgeable writer/researcher.
Bring Big God back I say
Bring Big God back I say
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
informative
slow-paced
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Very very long. 3/4 way through each chapter I felt like I read enough on the topic and was ready to move on to the next chapter
adventurous
challenging
informative
slow-paced
informative
slow-paced
Very informative, but not the most entertaining book to read.
February 2022 | 4.5/5
Professor Stavrakopoulou examines how the Western idea of God came to be using her knowledge of ancient religions and deep examination of the Hebrew bible.
She shows how the ancient God had a human shaped body, walked and talked with his followers, laughed, cried, and loved his people.
A male god with bulging muscles, long hair, a well kept mustache and a luxurious beard, a long thick member with heavy testicles, reddish tinged skin, thonged sandles on feet, and perfumes on his skin. Look once and hes young and athletic with dark blueish hair, look again and he's aged and wise with white hair and beard. He has blood under his nails the faint impression of a tight band around his forehead.
The western God is a post biblical fable - an assembly of 2000 years of selected stories and books to create a God that lets cancer kill too young and hunger to run rampant across the globe. A god that has little in common with those created in his image.
Professor Stavrakopoulou examines how the Western idea of God came to be using her knowledge of ancient religions and deep examination of the Hebrew bible.
She shows how the ancient God had a human shaped body, walked and talked with his followers, laughed, cried, and loved his people.
A male god with bulging muscles, long hair, a well kept mustache and a luxurious beard, a long thick member with heavy testicles, reddish tinged skin, thonged sandles on feet, and perfumes on his skin. Look once and hes young and athletic with dark blueish hair, look again and he's aged and wise with white hair and beard. He has blood under his nails the faint impression of a tight band around his forehead.
The western God is a post biblical fable - an assembly of 2000 years of selected stories and books to create a God that lets cancer kill too young and hunger to run rampant across the globe. A god that has little in common with those created in his image.
this book was very informative, and managed to leave me with a plethora of amazing questions to mull over in my spare time.
informative
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced