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Magisterial, up-to-date study of human beings in the image of God. Misunderstandings about what it means for humans to be created in God’s image have wreaked devastation throughout history—for example, slavery in the U. S., genocide in Nazi Germany, and the demeaning of women everywhere. In Dignity and Destiny John Kilner explores what the Bible itself teaches about humanity being in God’s...

The creation of humanity in God’s image involves connection and reflection (Ch. 3). People have a special connection to God, and God’s intention is that a variety of human attributes (somehow reflecting God’s own attributes) ought to evidence such a connection. However, almost from the start, sin intervenes. People, including all of their various attributes—traits, capacities, functions, etc.—are badly damaged. There is ample discussion and documentation
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