Volume 68:2 20144 how this is related to shame. He also describes what the experiences of people who have difficulties with faces, their own face and the faces of others, tell us about our society. Furthermore, if we take face and defacing shame seriously, it is important to change the way we think about God and theology. Does God in any sense have a physically visible face, and what are the implications of having either a faced or faceless God have for Christian life and practice? What does it mean to have a "vision of God"? These and many of the other questions Pattison raises in this book are important ones for pastoral theology and care.
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