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The creation of humanity in God’s image has long been recognized as the ground of all human dignity, but the various confusions of our day call for a closer understanding of the meaning and implications of this basic theological proposition. David Dockery has enlisted an array of authors who have given attention to this field of study, providing a helpful contemporary resource for an area of needed attention to an old doctrine.
Table of Contents
Part 1: Created in the Image of God
- The Image of God and Human Dignity: Recovering a Biblical Treasure (John Kilner)
- “Persons” Divine and Human: The Concept of Person in and beyond Nicea for Today (J. Scott Horrell)
- What it Means to Be Human (C. Ben Mitchell)
Part 2: Applications and Implications
- Human Beings Created in and for Relationship (Jennifer Marshall Patterson)
- A Theology of Embodiment (Gregg Allison)
- The Sanctity of Human Life (Scott Rae)
- What It Means to Be Male and Female (Katie McCoy)
- Artificial Intelligence, Transhumanism, and the Question of the Person (Jacob Shatzer)
Part 3: Our Cultural Confusion
- Faithful Living in a Culture of Confusion (John Stonestreet)
- Apologetic Approaches for Our Cultural Confusion: The Christian Worldview and the Imago Dei (Robert Stweart)
Conclusion: The Image of God and the Dignity of Humans (Daniel Darling and Lauren McAfee)
Endorsement
- Darrell Bock:
Knowing what it means to be made in God’s image is important in a world where the concept often goes missing. Created in the Image of God shows what the phrase means for our readily changing culture in disputed areas. You will read it with great profit.