As history shows, dead metaphors make good idols. — Elizabeth A. Johnson, Quest for the Living God: Mapping Frontiers in the Theology of God
As history shows, dead metaphors make good idols. — Elizabeth A. Johnson, Quest for the Living God: Mapping Frontiers in the Theology of God
As history shows, dead metaphors make good idols. — Elizabeth A. Johnson, Quest for the Living God: Mapping Frontiers in the Theology of God
As history shows, dead metaphors make good idols. — Elizabeth A. Johnson, Quest for the Living God: Mapping Frontiers in the Theology of God
As history shows, dead metaphors make good idols. — Elizabeth A. Johnson, Quest for the Living God: Mapping Frontiers in the Theology of God
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As history shows, dead metaphors make good idols.

— Elizabeth A. Johnson, Quest for the Living God: Mapping Frontiers in the Theology of God
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