Imago Dei : human dignity in ecumenical perspective /

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What does it mean when we speak of human dignity? What challenges does human dignity confront in our culture today? What is the relationship between contemporary understandings of human dignity and the ancient Christian doctrine of imago Dei, the view that human beings are created in "the image...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Howard, Thomas Albert, 1967-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, District of Columbia : Catholic University of America Press, 2013.
Series:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Theological anthropology > Christianity.
Dignity > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Image of God > History of doctrines.
Anthropologie théologique > Christianisme.
Dignité > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Image de Dieu > Histoire des doctrines.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Christology.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Anthropology.
Dignity > Religious aspects > Christianity
Image of God > History of doctrines
Theological anthropology > Christianity
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Thomas Albert Howard
  • The promise of the image / John Behr
  • Toward an adequate anthropology : social aspects of imago Dei in Catholic theology / F. Russell Hittinger
  • The audacity of the imago Dei : the legacy and uncertain future of human dignity / C. Ben Mitchell
  • Afterword / Gilbert C. Meilaender.

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