Man as Image of God and Theological Implications of that Expression

Persons Together

10.23943/princeton/9780691176277.003.0005 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Alan L. Mittleman

Keyword(s):

Human Nature ◽

Well Being ◽

Image Of God ◽

Jewish Tradition ◽

The Political ◽

Human Beings ◽

Human Flourishing ◽

Political Dimensions ◽

Market Relations ◽

The Image Of God

This chapter moves into the political and economic aspects of human nature. Given scarcity and interdependence, what sense has Judaism made of the material well-being necessary for human flourishing? What are Jewish attitudes toward prosperity, market relations, labor, and leisure? What has Judaism had to say about the political dimensions of human nature? If all humans are made in the image of God, what does that original equality imply for political order, authority, and justice? In what kinds of systems can human beings best flourish? It argues that Jewish tradition shows that we act in conformity with our nature when we elevate, improve, and sanctify it. As co-creators of the world with God, we are not just the sport of our biochemistry. We are persons who can select and choose among the traits that comprise our very own natures, cultivating some and weeding out others.

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Gandhian Method of Conflict Resolution: Perception of Educated Youths

SMART MOVES JOURNAL IJELLH ◽

10.24113/ijellh.v1i6.24 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 1 (6) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Dr. P. K. Kar

Keyword(s):

Conflict Resolution ◽

Image Of God ◽

Integral Approach ◽

Human Beings ◽

Life Itself ◽

The Image Of God ◽

Negative Concept

Gandhiji’s method of conflict resolution was based on truth and non-violence. Truth was for him the image of God. He did not believe in personal God. For Gandhi truth is God and God is truth. Life is a laboratory where experiments are carried on. That is why he named his autobiography “My Experiment with Truth”, without these experiments truth cannot be achieved. According to Gandhi, the sayings of a pure soul which possesses nonviolence, non-stealing, true speech, celibacy and non-possession is truth. The truth of Gandhiji was not confined to any country or community. In other words , his religion had no geographical limits. His patriotism was not different from the service of human beings but was its part and parcel(Mishra:102). Gandhiji developed an integral approach and perspective to the concept of life itself on the basis of experience and experiments. His ideas ,which came to be known to be his philosophy, were a part of his relentless search for truth(Iyer:270). The realization of this truth is possible only with the help of non-violence The negative concept of Ahimsa presupposes the absence of selfishness, jealousy and anger, but the positive conception of ahimsa demands the qualities of love ,liberalism, patience, resistance of injustice, and brutal force.

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Mission in Britain today: some modest reflections and proposals

Holiness ◽

10.2478/holiness-2015-0004 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 161-176

Author(s):

Stephen Bevans

Keyword(s):

Technical Change ◽

Adaptive Change ◽

Image Of God ◽

Images Of God ◽

Positive Image ◽

The Church

AbstractWhile ‘Mission in Britain today’ includes many aspects, this article focuses on the witness of the Church within Britain’s contemporary highly secularized culture. Rather than ‘technical change’, the Church is called to work at ‘adaptive change’, and so to concentrate less on strategies and more on internal renewal. Such adaptive change involves freeing people’s imagination from simplistic and abusive images of God, offering a positive image of God that is inspiring and truly challenging, recognizing the kenotic nature of the Church, and realizing that mission is carried out in a world of grace where God is already present and working

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