The Divine Image : Envisioning the Invisible God

Ian a McFarland

ISBN 10: 0800637623 / ISBN 13: 9780800637620

Published by Augsburg Fortress Publishing Okt 2005, 2005

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Neuware - Theologian Ian McFarland claims that Christians have mainly misappropriated the 'image of God' language for 2000 years and thereby missed a rich resource for our knowledge of God. Rather than referring to some germinal divine element in humans, such as reason, McFarland claims that the image of God in us tells us something about God and how we know God. It tells us that God, though not identical with us, communicates Godself to us in creative love, in a way that offers precious clues about God's transcendence, immanence, triune life, self-disclosure, incarnation, and intentions for human life. McFarland's careful and exacting work builds from this kernel a powerful Christian vision of God's life and our own destiny in Christ.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Divine Image : Envisioning the Invisible God
• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing Okt 2005
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0800637623
• ISBN 13: 9780800637620
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 230W x 156H x 13D millimeters 230 millimeters width by 156 millimeters height by 13 millimeters depth
• Weight: 376 grams

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Synopsis

Theologian Ian McFarland claims that Christians havemainly misappropriated the "image of God" languagefor 2000 years and thereby missed a rich resource for ourknowledge of God.

Rather than referring to some germinal divine element inhumans, such as reason, McFarland claims that the image ofGod in us tells us something about God and how we knowGod. It tells us that God, though not identical with us,communicates Godself to us in creative love, in a way thatoffers precious clues about God's transcendence,immanence, triune life, self-disclosure, incarnation, andintentions for human life. McFarland's careful and exacting work builds from this kernel a powerful Christian vision of God's life and ourown destiny in Christ.

About the Author

Ian A.McFarland is Senior Lecturer in Systematic Theology, University of Aberdeen, Scotland. His previous publications include Difference and Identity: A Theological Anthropology (2001) and Listening to the Least: Doing Theology from the Outside In (1998).