{"product_id":"in-our-image-keith-hansen-9798247256595","title":"In Our Image: Encounter, Struggle, and Unfinished Meaning in Exodus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn Our Image: ... Exodus\u003c\/b\u003e is not a Christian devotional, theological defense, or statement of belief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a contemplative reading of the Exodus narrative that approaches the text as unsettling, unresolved, and deeply consequential. Rather than presenting Exodus as a story of triumph or moral clarity, this book lingers with its tensions: a dangerous encounter with the divine, a people overwhelmed by freedom, and a presence that must be mediated to be survived.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHave you ever wondered why the God of Exodus feels so different from the God you were taught to expect?\u003cbr\u003eHave you sensed that this text resists comfort, intimacy, and certainty, but were never given permission to sit with that discomfort?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis second volume in the \u003ci\u003eIn Our Image\u003c\/i\u003e series is written for readers who approach scripture with curiosity rather than allegiance. It treats Exodus not as a blueprint for faith, but as a record of encounter and aftermath-a story shaped by fear, distance, command, and the struggle to live with what has been revealed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving through liberation, wilderness, law, and silence, this book reads Exodus through symbolic, psychological, ecological, and historical lenses. Familiar moments-the burning bush, Sinai, the law, the golden calf-are revisited without the pressure to harmonize contradictions or defend doctrine. Instead, the text is allowed to remain strange, dangerous, and unfinished.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book may resonate with: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003ereaders interested in non-literal or symbolic approaches to scripture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003ethose drawn to the psychological and cultural dimensions of religious texts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eseekers unsettled by traditional religious frameworks but still compelled by biblical stories\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003ereaders who sense that meaning often emerges through struggle rather than certainty\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book may \u003ci\u003enot\u003c\/i\u003e be a good fit for readers seeking: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003etraditional Christian teaching or devotional material\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003edoctrinal clarity or theological reassurance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003ea moralized or harmonized reading of Exodus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003efaith-affirming or apologetic interpretation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn Our Image: Exodus\u003c\/b\u003e does not attempt to explain God or resolve the story it inherits. It invites readers to remain with a text that refuses intimacy, demands distance, and leaves its meaning unfinished-asking not what should be believed, but what it costs to encounter something that cannot be controlled.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Keith Hansen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798247256595\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.22d","brand":"Keith Hansen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172134002943,"sku":"9798247256595","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-our-image-keith-hansen-9798247256595","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}