The Divine Image: Envisioning the Invisible God

Name: The Divine Image: Envisioning the Invisible God
Brand: Fortress Press
SKU: 637623
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Author: Ian A. McFarland
ISBN: 9780800637620

By: Ian A. McFarland

Fortress Press / 2005 / Paperback

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Rather than referring to some germinal divine element in humans, such as reason, theologian Ian 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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Title: The Divine Image: Envisioning the Invisible God
By: Ian A. McFarland
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 214
Vendor: Fortress Press
Publication Date: 2005

Dimensions: 8.5 X 5.5 (inches)
Weight: 13 ounces
ISBN: 0800637623
ISBN-13: 9780800637620
Stock No: WW637623

Publisher's Description

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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.

Author Bio

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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).