Made in the Image of God: Being Human in the Christian Tradition

by Michael Fuller; David Jasper; Margaret B. Adam; John Davies; David Fergusson

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9 more

Publisher:

Sacristy Press

, 2021

The question of our humanity has never been more pressing or uncertain. As human beings, is our nature simply biological? What is the place of philosophy and theology in determining our self-understanding? Are we dependent on our relationships with one another? Are we creatures created by God? Is our physical death an end of our being? 

All these questions are discussed in this book, which addresses the question of what it is to be human, made in the image of God. Its twelve essays cover a wide range of perspectives ranging from the Bible to issues in science and gender.

Praise for Made in the Image of God

The Doctrine Committee of the Scottish Episcopal Church is to be commended for this volume where a range of authors explore what it means to be a human being in the modern world. From within a spectrum of perspectives questions of how, over centuries, humans have considered themselves to be ‘different’, ‘special’, even ‘unique’ creatures are examined. The authors face up to change and evolution in western understandings of Homo sapiens viewing human being from perspectives both traditional and contemporary, theological and secular. That each chapter is accompanied by further reading and questions makes it additionally rich both for individuals and reading groups alike.

Being made in the image of God means living and loving in creative relationship with God, neighbor, and creation itself.  This volume offers an imaginative and faithful opportunity to challenge and re-shape theological conversation in and beyond “church”.  It includes provocative questions for reflection and/or discussion – many worthy of expansive, life-long wrestling.

These essays are reminiscent of W. H. Auden’s poem “The Three Wiseman”, in seeking to discover what it is to be human. They try to make sense of what that means in relationship to God, Jesus and the whole created order by drawing on many different disciplines and traditions, in insightful, profound, and original, if demanding ways.

Made in the Image of God’ offers a multi-faceted and multi-disciplinary exploration of the opportunities of human living and dying in response to a world of divine resonance.

I commend both the breadth and the depth of these essays. Together they make a kaleidoscope of analysis engaging, often more through probing questions than through ready answers, with a creation that in its totality needs to look at itself afresh in terms of mutuality, justice and compassion.

Scientific and philosophical perspectives combine with Biblical and theological approaches to provide a window of honesty on Christian doctrine today.

Product Details

• Title: Made in the Image of God: Being Human in the Christian Tradition
• Authors: Michael Fuller, David Jasper, Margaret B. Adam, John Davies, David Fergusson, Trevor Hart, Eric Stoddart, Nicholas Taylor, Mark Strange, Robert Gillies, Harriet Harris, Alison Jasper, John McLuckie, Delyth M. Reid
• Publisher: Sacristy Press
• Print Publication Date: 2021
• Logos Release Date: 2023
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Ebook
• ISBNs: 9781789591729, 9781789591705, 1789591708, 9781789591712, 1789591716, 1789591724
• Resource ID: LLS:9781789591729
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-09-05T19:17:52Z