A recent book asked the intriguing question, Is it okay to call God mother? Many today in church and academic settings are asking the same question. John Coopers Our Father in Heaven offers an even-handed critique of inclusive language for God utilizing insights from philosophical, theological, exegetical, and linguistic studies. 
Cooper begins by introducing the current movement for inclusive language for God and surveying the standard supporting arguments. He closely examines how the Scriptures address God and points out the critical differences between the Bibles gendered language for God and inclusive language. Cooper also addresses other key issues, such as how supporters of inclusive language approach Scripture, the limits of human language for God, the inability of inclusive language to adequately communicate Christian doctrines, the spiritual dangers of inclusive language for God, and the charge that the God of the Bible is sexist. 
Coopers investigation of the biblical text leads him to conclude that inclusive language in reference to God is inappropriate, but it also leads him to another conclusion. Since the Bible uses feminine imagery in reference to God, Cooper encourages the church to do the same. In a chapter entitled The Motherly Touch of Our Heavenly Father, he provides specific suggestions for making appropriate use of feminine imagery for God in public worship, church education, evangelism, pastoral counseling, personal devotions, scholarship, and art.

Our Father in Heaven: Christian Faith and Inclusive Language for God

COOPER, John W.

Religion & Spirituality

Baker Pub Group

Panentheism has gained popularity among contemporary thinkers. This belief system explains that "all is in God"; as a soul is related to a body, so God is related to the world. In Panentheism--The Other God of the Philosophers, philosopher and theologian John Cooper traces the growth and evolution of this intricate theology from Plotinus to Alfred North Whitehead to the present. This landmark book--the first complete history of panentheism written in English--explores the subject through the lens of various thinkers, such as Plato, Jürgen Moltmann, Paul Tillich, Wolfhart Pannenberg, and Charles Hartshorne, and discusses how panentheism has influenced liberation, feminist, and ecological theologies. Cooper not only sketches the evolution of panentheism but also critiques it; ultimately, he offers a defense of classical theism. This book is for readers who care deeply about theology and think seriously about their faith.

Panentheism: The Other God of the Philosophers--From Plato to the Present

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Baker Academic

This widely acclaimed study of biblical anthropology is available once more along with a substantial new preface by the author. Fully engaged with theological, philosophical, and scientific discussions on the nature of human persons and their destiny beyond the grave, John Cooper's defense of "holistic dualism" remains the most satisfying and biblical response to come from the monism-dualism debate. First published in 1989, Body, Soul, and Life Everlasting is required reading for Christian philosophers, theologians, psychologists, and students interested in the mind-body question.

Body, Soul and Life Everlasting: Biblical Anthropology and the Monism-Dualism Debate

Christian Books & Bibles

Theology

Eerdmans Pub.Co.

This widely acclaimed study of biblical anthropology is available once more along with a substantial new preface by the author. Fully engaged with theological, philosophical, and scientific discussions on the nature of human persons and their destiny beyond the grave, John Cooper's defense of "holistic dualism" remains the most satisfying and biblical response to come from the monism-dualism debate. First published in 1989, Body, Soul, and Life Everlasting is required reading for Christian philosophers, theologians, psychologists, and students interested in the mind-body question.

Body, soul and life everlasting: Biblical Anthropology And The Monism-Dualism Debate

Apollos

The Theology of Freedom: The Legacy of Jacques Maritain and Reinhold Niebuhr

Mercer Univ Pr

NEW BOOK. STAPLE BINDING. 1991 Calvin Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan. John W. Cooper.

A cause for division?: Women in office and the unity of the church

distributed through CRC Publications

Body, Soul & Life Everlasting: Biblical Anthropology & the Monism-Dualism Debate

Regent College Pub

Panentheism: The Other God of the Philosophers: From Plato To The Present

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