Sage-Tips

Is God referred to as a he or she?

So God has to be “He” or “She”, and in a patriarchal society there’s no contest. As The Catechism of the Catholic Church says: “God is neither man nor woman: he is God”.

What is the female version of God?

“Shekhinah” is the “feminine attribute of God” and is found in the Talmud but not the Torah. As written in Genesis Ch 1–27: “And G-d created man in His own image, in the image of G-d created He him; male and female created He them.”

What pronouns are used to refer to God?

5 Answers. The God of the Abrahamic religions (Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, basically) is traditionally a father figure, and the pronoun used is “he” (or “He”, if you’re using the majestic capital).

Should we define God as male?

Like Evans and Storkey, Beeching contends that by defining God as masculine, or male, we restrict the expression of God in his fullness. “For many people, using male only pronouns is very unhelpful,” she notes. “Seeing God only as masculine is very limiting, and I think it’s good to stir people up to think about God by using feminine pronouns.

Does God have a gender?

The question of God’s gender goes back to the early Christian Church, writes Stephen Tomkins. The Christian Church has always had a bit of a problem with God’s gender. He doesn’t have one, but – as that statement demonstrates – it’s hard to talk about God without giving God a gender.

Is the Holy Spirit a he or a she?

Good as New: A radical retelling of scripture, a 2003 translation of the New Testament by John Henson and the ONE Community for Christian Exploration, calls God “your parent” rather than “your father”. The Holy Spirit is a she, and though Jesus is a he, the translation avoids ever using a pronoun for God.

Is there a male and female service book for God?

The Methodist Church introduced a new service book in 1999 which uses both male and female language for God, “our Father and our Mother”.