Review article
https://doi.org/10.32862/k.16.2.3
In His Image: Relational God, Relational Humanity
Lidija Ušurel
orcid.org/0000-0003-4672-6467
; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the ‘Aurel Vlaicu’ University of Arad, Romania
Abstract
One of the classic tools in Christian theological anthropology for dealing with the intricacies of human identity is the Imago Dei concept. Approaching the concept holistically, by exploring the structural, behavioral, teleological, communal, and hospitality perspectives, this article asserts that at the very core of Imago Dei is a relational design that the Creator God had in mind for humanity – his opera Magna. Theological insights drawn from the relational doctrine of Trinity, as revealed in the comprehension of J. Moltmann, W. Pannenberg, J. Zizioulas, M. Volf, and D. Augustine, are applied to the anthropological dimension of existence, unveiling what it means to be a human being made in the image of God. In the end, Imago Dei is perceived to have not only a developmental but also a fundamentally transformative function.
Keywords
Imago Dei; Trinity; resemblance; actualization; community; relationship; development; ontological transformation
Hrčak ID:
287668
URI
Publication date:
19.12.2022.
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