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Whether on the printed page, the television screen or the digital app, we live in a world saturated with images. Some images help shape our understanding of ourselves and the world around us in positive ways, while others lead us astray and distort our relationships. Christians confess that human beings have been created in the image of God, yet we chose to rebel against that God and so became unfaithful bearers of God's image. The good news of the gospel is that Jesus, who is the image of God, restores the divine image in us, partially now and fully in the day to come. The essays collected in The Image of God in an Image Driven Age explore the intersection of theology and culture. With topics ranging across biblical exegesis, the art gallery, Cormac McCarthy, racism, sexuality and theosis, the contributors to this volume offer a unified vision―ecumenical in nature and catholic in spirit―of what it means to be truly human and created in the divine image in the world today. This collection from the 2015 Wheaton Theology Conference includes contributions by Daniela C. Augustine, Craig L. Blomberg, William A. Dyrness, Timothy R. Gaines and Shawna Songer Gaines, Phillip Jenkins, Beth Felker Jones, Christina Bieber Lake, Catherine McDowell, Ian A. McFarland, Matthew J. Milliner, Soong-Chan Rah and Janet Soskice, as well as original poems by Jill Peláez Baumgaertner and Brett Foster.

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Series: Wheaton Theology Conference
Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: IVP Academic (April 8, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0830851208
ISBN-13: 978-0830851201
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.7 x 9 inches
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The Image of God in History and Today

By CAM Book Reviews on April 19, 2016

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God word says in Genesis 1:26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.” Images can help form our worldview, whether Christian or non-Christian. The world and the internet are flooded with images, many evil and some virtuous. Scripture teaches that men have been created in the image of God, yet the Adamic rebellion against God resulted in some pollution upon the imprint of God's image. The truth of the gospel is that Jesus, as the perfect image of God, reestablishes that godly image in all His people.

The Image of God in an Image Driven Age explores the mystery and blessings of the Image of the divine in humanity. Within this slightly academic text are many diverse chapters touching on theology and worldview issues. This collection comes from the Wheaton Theology Conference and has essay from Phillip Jenkins, Daniela C. Augustine, Beth Felker Jones, Craig L. Blomberg, William A. Dyrness, Timothy R. Gaines and Shawna Songer Gaines, , , Christina Bieber Lake, Catherine McDowell, Ian A. McFarland, Matthew J. Milliner, and others.
Colossians 1:15 Jesus is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

I enjoyed it and recommend this for pastors and well-ready lay-people.
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Informative and Insightful

By James B. Pate on May 3, 2016

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This book is associated with the twenty-fourth annual Wheaton College Theology Conference. There are seventeen contributors to the book. Most of them teach at evangelical institutions of higher learning, but a few teach at the University of Cambridge.

The focus of this book is on humans being made in the image of God (a la Genesis 1:26-27). The book has three scholarly essays about what this means in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. A few essays talk about the iconoclastic controversy in the eighth and ninth centuries, which argued over whether Jesus should be represented by icons. There were essays discussing the relevance of the image of God to sex, racism, and global Christianity. There were also poems in this book, a discussion of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, and discussion of works of art.

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A. The contributions by Catherine McDowell and Craig L. Blomberg were especially good. Catherine McDowell teaches Hebrew Bible at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Charlotte, and Craig Blomberg is a renowned evangelical New Testament scholar.

McDowell argues that the image of God in Genesis 1:26-27 relates to humanity’s function as representatives of God in ruling and stewarding the earth, and also to humans’ identity as children of God. She bases this argument on Genesis 1 as well as the concept of the image of the deity in the ancient Near East, particularly regarding kings. She acknowledges that other scholars advocate a functionalist interpretation of Genesis 1:26-27, but she states that the relationship of the image of God with being a child of God has been neglected within biblical scholarship.Read more ›

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By Michael Philliber on June 2, 2016

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What does it mean for humankind to be created in the image of God? Are there ways this should play out in our social, inter-racial, and marital relationships? Is there anything restorative and health-giving for the battered, abused and molested in knowing that they are in the image of God? Many of these questions, and more, are tackled in a new 272 page paperback anthology, “The Image of God in an Image Driven Age: Explorations in Theological Anthropology.” This compilation is edited by Beth Felker Jones, associate professor of theology at Wheaton College, and Jeffrey W. Barbeau, associate professor of theology in the Graduate School at Wheaton College. It is a collection of twelve essays are drawn from the 2015 Wheaton Theology Conference, and are penned by authors across the ecclesiastical-theological-racial-gender spectrum. These papers, pulled together, offer a “unified collection of essays – ecumenical in nature and catholic in spirit – exploring what it means to be truly human and created in the divine image in the world today” (12-3). It is published for a wide audience to include theologians, pastors, parachurch workers, theological students. The eye-catching cover art is drawn from David J. P. Hooker’s “Corpus” which is a cross-less, crucified Christ.

The volume covers four major categories: canon, culture, vision and witness; with three articles under each subject. The first section discusses what it means when the Scriptures posit that humankind is made in the image of God. Is being in God’s image referring to reason, priestly function, relationship with God and others, or is there some kind of blending of all three? The first and third articles draw deeply from Scripture and presenting their point; while the second leaves much wanting.Read more ›

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