Article: Traveling in different directions on the liturgical highway.(Report)

In her children's book, In God's Name, Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso chronicles a people's attempts to describe God. She suggests that the context and life experiences of individuals shape what they call God. "The tired soldier who fought too many wars called God Maker of Peace" (Sasso 1994:10), she writes, and "[t]he artist who carved figures from the earth's hard stone called God My Rock" (Sasso 1994:11). "The young woman who nursed her newborn son called God Mother" (Sasso 1994:20), she continues, "[a]nd the child who was lonely called God Friend" (Sasso 1994:23). Sasso's storybook characters highlight the interplay between theological concepts and mundane life. The ...

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