When the intelligibility of the symbol of God as mother informs speech about divine mystery, then again, as in the case of Spirit and Jesus-Sophia, theology of God transforms some of the deficiencies of classical theism. Maternity with its creativity, nurturing, and warmth, its unbounded compassion and concern for justice, its sovereign power that protects, heals, and liberates, its all-embracing immanence, and its recreative energy shapes a new understanding of divine relationality, mystery, and liberating intent.
