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Flawed Perfection: What It Means to Be Human and Why It Matters for Culture, Politics, and Law is unavailable, but you can change that!

From exploitation and violence to decisions about how to wisely govern or care for human life, the problems humanity faces aren’t just abstract issues—they impact the day-to-day lives of many individuals and communities across the globe. How should Christians wrestle with these complex and difficult problems in a thoughtful, ethical way? According to Jeffrey A. Brauch, we need to start with an...

structures which show the (ontological) reality of being made in God’s image remain, but are corrupted, inverted. They work against their intended nature and purpose, dividing where they should unite, cursing where they should bless.”44 The flawing of God’s image in us is seen in several ways. First, it affects our ability to exert dominion over creation. While Adam continues to be tasked with cultivating the land, he will do so with pain and difficulty: “Cursed is the ground because of you; in pain
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