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The Most Revd Dr Peter Carnley AC was Anglican Archbishop of Perth from 1981 to 2005 and Primate of Australia from 2000 to 2005. Prior to that he was Warden of St John’s College in the University of Queensland and taught systematic theology in the University of Queensland. He is married to Ann and has two children and four grandchildren. He retired in 2005 and is currently teaching systematic theology at the General Theological Seminary in Manhattan. He is the author of The Structure of Resurrection Belief (1987), The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Sermons (2001), Reflections in Glass (2004) and numerous articles.

The Image Of God and the Idea of a Person
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The Image Of God and the Idea of a Person

By Peter Carnley

The author takes strenuous issue with concept of God as having both masculine and feminine characteristics especially with the identification of transcendence as masculine and immanence as feminine. He offers intriguing arguments that may not resolve the issue for all but are sure to give pause to those on either side of this theological conundrum.