The Divine Image: Envisioning the Invisible God

by Ian A. McFarland

Theologian Ian McFarland claims that Christians have mainly misappropriated the "image of God" language for 2000 years and thereby missed a rich resource for our knowledge of God. Rather than referring to some germinal divine element in humans, such as reason, 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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800637623
• ISBN13: 9780800637620
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"