[Unedited] Mary Doria Russell With Krista Tippett
On Being with Krista Tippett
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The Importance of Metaphors in Theology
You said you were exploring the religion of your background, Catholicism, through writing about Jesuits. When I was studying theology in the 1990s, which is when these books were published, I remember a professor of what was called systematic theology who tried to rationalize the whole thing. And that's not the fun part anyway. Oh, no. But, but, he, he, I remember talking about metaphors of God and how, you know, God as father, that's one that,. that's just so universal and we don't think about it too hard.
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