Imago Dei Marcus Alexander Gadson BurnsBrooks M

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Imago Dei Marcus Alexander Gadson BurnsBrooks MWhat 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 and likeness of God""? This book pursues these and related questions in the form of an ecumenical ""trialogue"" by leading scholars from the three major