... Theology: The aspect of fatherly care in particular is taken over what the old testament has to say about God's fatherly care for Isreal. The sexual definition of the father's role plays no part To bring sexual differentiation into the understanding of God would mean polytheism, it was thus ruled out for the ... God of Isreal The fact that God's care for Isreal can also be expressed in terms of a mother's love shows clearly enough how little there is any sense of sexual distinction in the understanding of God as Father. ( McGrath 266 ). ... in time. There is another point to be made her...

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