books about: metaphorical     books:       Metaphorical Theology: Models of God in Religious Language2 reviews Sallie McFague Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 1982 Metaphorical Theology : Models of God This book is an eye-opener. The issues surrounding the uses of masculine and feminine metaphors for God can be complicated and emotional, but Sallie McFague tries to keep to the issues of metaphor and theology as suggested in the title. This book was written before her later book "Models of God" which refers back to this one several times. She does a fine job of showing us the power of ...             A Metaphorical God: Poems1 review Kimberly Johnson Persea, 2008 Fans of "Leviathan with a Hook" can now rejoice Fans of "Leviathan with a Hook" can now rejoice, as Kimberly Johnson has released her second anthology, "A Metaphorical God". Seeking to combine the divine with the sensual, Johnson's verse is as thought provoking as it is sexually titillating, creating a strange and delightful blend indeed. "A Metaphorical God" is a great choice for poetry lovers. "On Divination by Fire" : Or rather, the ...             Lying: A Metaphorical Memoir22 reviews Lauren Slater Penguin, 2001 Brilliant prose from a trickster of a narrator Slater insists that her book be characterized as a non-fiction memoir, despite that fact that she freely admits that her account of her epilepsy is factual, symbolic, real, and fantastical all at once. Slater herself isn't always sure which of her memories are true and which are vivid but invented. If the reader can let themselves free in this alternate reality, Slater's memoir makes for ...             From Etymology to Pragmatics: Metaphorical and Cultural Aspects of Semantic Structure (Cambridge Studies in ... Eve Sweetser Cambridge University Press, 1991 This book offers a new approach to the analysis of the multiple meanings of English modals, conjunctions, conditionals, and perception verbs. Although such ambiguities cannot easily be accounted for by feature-analyses of word meaning, Eve Sweetser's argument shows that they can be analyzed both readily and systematically. Meaning relationships in general cannot be understood independently of human cognitive structure, including the ...             Metaphorical Journey9 reviews Kush Fine Art, 2001 excellent buy What a beautiful book. I am an artist and love to collect books. I recently purchased this book at the artist's Las Vegas gallery. I am so glad I did. The paintings are beautifully reprinted and very true to color. I paid $100 for the book. No regrets!!!             Letting the air into a relationship: metaphorical abortion in `Hills Like White Elephants'.(Critical Essay): ... David Wyche Ernest Hemingway Foundation, 2002 This digital document is an article from The Hemingway Review, published by Ernest Hemingway Foundation on September 22, 2002. The length of the article is 6854 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: Letting the air into a ...             Poetry, Symbol, and Allegory: Intrepreting Metaphorical Language from Plato to the Present Simon Brittan University of Virginia Press, 2003 Dealing with poetry is frequently problematic for the university teacher and student: although undergraduates are usually responsive to discussions about drama and prose, poetry often silences the classroom. Unless a poem provides references easily applicable to their own lives, many students feel they can't relate to the piece and are stymied. In particular, allegorical poetry produces tensions among the desire to find the meanings of the ...             Understanding Global Cultures: Metaphorical Journeys Through 28 Nations, Clusters of Nations, and Continents4 reviews Martin J. Gannon Sage Publications, Inc, 2003 A practical approach to other cultures This book uses metaphors as tools to engage with other cultures. And very useful tools they are, indeed. I have been using this book with students for several years now, and the biggest initial obstacle is that people mistake the metaphors for stereotypes. Once this obstacle is overcome, a very creative and productive examination of the reality of another culture can occur.             Harry, the Hypno-potamus: Metaphorical Tales for the Treatment of Children3 reviews Linda Thomson Crown House Pub Ltd, 2005 An anxiety must have..... this is an amazing book! it has helped my son to recognize his anxieties and deal with them, all while reading a great story book about animals at a zoo. he still has a way to go but the stories have helped him a great deal. it was recommended by a psycologist and I'm very happy to have found it at Amazon.             Bridging: A Teacher's Guide to Metaphorical Thinking Sharon L. Pugh, Jean Wolph Hicks, ... Natl Council of Teachers, 1992             The Metaphorical Society1 review Daniel Rigney Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2001 Social theory : mataphors Social theory is explained by means of metephorical model of society.Book shows by means of metaphor, roots of social theories like functionalism , system theory , conflict theory, exchange theory, rational choice theory and symbolic interactionism. Metaphors used are society as organism,machines,wars,legal systems,economic markets,games,theatres and discourses. Human societies,like biological ...             Troubled Talk: Metaphorical Negotiation in Problem Discourse (Language, Power, and Social Process) (Language, ... David Green Irit Kupfreberg Mouton de Gruyter, 2005 How is meaning constructed discursively by participants in problem discourse? To which discursive resources do they resort in order to accomplish their complicated tasks of problem presentation and negotiation of possible solutions? To what extent are these resources related to the interactional and meaningful construction of problems and solutions? Irit Kupferberg and David Green ? a discourse analyst and a clinical psychologist ? have ...             Portable Literature: Reading, Reacting, Writing Don L.F. Nilsen, Alleen Pace Nilsen Heinle & Heinle Pub, 2003             Preaching Parables: A Metaphorical Interfaith Approach Steven J. Voris Paulist Press, 2008 This text is the first to systematically look at the type and style of parables as a genre across literary and religious lines. While parables have inspired transformation for 3,000 years, they still remain a neglected literary genre. No systematic attempt has been made to explain how parables work in practice. Beginning with the basics, this book moves from describing what constitutes a parable all the way to how parables can be crafted to ...             Metaphorical God: An Abecedary of Images for God (Prayerbooks)2 reviews Gail Ramshaw Liturgy Training Publications, 1995 It's not about "data" The previous reviewer is confused, and she reveals a common mistake among so-called "fundamentalists" who appear to be literate in all things Biblical but have really missed the fundamental points. Gail Ramshaw is peerless in her ability to discuss and evoke metaphors and other images of God. Her expertise in liturgical language is beyond doubt. Her insights regarding feminism and Christianity ...             The Language of Metaphors: Literal Metaphorical Andrew Goatly Routledge, 1997 In this ambitious and wide-ranging text, Andrew Goatly explores the language of metaphor. Combining insights from relevance theory and functional linguistics, he provides a powerful model for understanding how metaphors work in real communicative situations, how we use them to communicate meaning as well as how we process them. Examining the distinction between literal and metaphorical language, Goatly surveys the means by which metaphors are ...             Understanding Global Cultures: Metaphorical Journeys through 23 Nations3 reviews Martin J. Gannon Sage Publications, Inc, 2000 Invaluable Academic Resource I have now used Gannon's book at both the MBA and senior undergraduate level in courses on Cross-Cultural Management. It is the best approach I have found for synthesizing material from the sociological, anthropological and business disciplines in the education of the manager/student with regard to organizational design and its adaptation to the local characteristics of the market, the ...             Metaphorical World Politics (Rhetoric and Public Affairs) Michigan State University Press, 2004 Metaphorical World Politics argues that language and metaphor are important parts of international political reality. Metaphors and world politics have appeared together many times in recent history. The blended space that results is metaphorical world politics, a real-world game for political and scientific actors. This collection picks up the challenge to unravel the game, to examine its rules, to clarify the mixture of images and facts that ...              search for books abecedary, approach, cambridge, clusters, continents, cultures, discourse, elephants, etymology, hemingway, hypno-potamus, interfaith, intrepreting, linguistics, literature, metaphorical, metaphors, negotiation, parables, politics, portable, pragmatics, prayerbooks, preaching, relationship, religious, rhetoric, structure, treatment, understanding books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: The Marble Faun we recommend Metaphorical Theology : Models of God leave a comment home  impressum - about us