The Doctrine of Humanity

Charles Sherlock

ISBN 10: 0851118941 / ISBN 13: 9780851118949

Published by Downers Grove: Inter-Varsity Press, 1996

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Paperback. ; Measures 9" x 6" (0.5 kg); pp 303; Index; Bibliography; In the Contours of Christian Theology series; First in this, paperback, edition. || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #178800 ||.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Doctrine of Humanity
• Publisher: Downers Grove: Inter-Varsity Press
• Publication Date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0851118941
• ISBN 13: 9780851118949
• Binding: Paperback (No Dust Wrapper.)
• Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Theology & Religion

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Synopsis

At the end of the twentieth century the forces of race, gender, ethnicity, culture, social status, lifestyle and sexual orientation threaten to disassemble any universal notion of "human nature" or "human condition". In light of this historical moment and its challenges, the Christian doctrine of humanity is ripe for clarification and restatement.
This theological task, argues Sherlock, demands a "double focus." Both the human image of God and the particular realities of human existence must be brought into sharper, more detailed focus. Only then will we begin to understand human nature in the light of divine revelation. Sherlock notably engages the communal dimension of humanity in its creational, social and cultural aspects before examining the human person as individual, as male and female, and as whole being.
The Doctrine of Humanity is a timely and engaging look at what it means to be human on the continuum between our creation in the divine image and our hope of re-creation in the image of Christ.

About the Author

Charles Sherlock, an Australian theologian, is Executive Officer of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Theological Schools, Executive Officer for the Board of Ministry of the Anglican Diocese of Bendigo and Regional Coordinator (Oceania) for the Anglican Communion's "Bible in the Life of the Church" project. He has also written The God Who Fights: The War Tradition in Holy Scripture (Edwin Mellen).