{"product_id":"dignity-and-destiny-humanity-in-the-image-of-god-9780802867643","title":"Dignity and Destiny: Humanity in the Image of God","description":"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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDignity and Destiny\u003c\/i\u003e John Kilner explores what the Bible itself teaches about humanity being in God's image. He discusses in detail all of the biblical references to the image of God, interacts extensively with other work on the topic, and documents how misunderstandings of it have been so problematic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePeople made according to God's image, Kilner says, have a special connection with God and are intended to be a meaningful reflection of him. Because of sin, they don't actually reflect him very well, but Kilner shows why the popular idea that sin has damaged the image of God is mistaken. He also clarifies the biblical difference between \u003ci\u003ebeing\u003c\/i\u003e God's image (which Christ is) and being \u003ci\u003ein\u003c\/i\u003e God's image (which humans are). He explains how humanity's creation and renewal in God's image are central, respectively, to human dignity and destiny. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLocating Christ at the center of what God's image means, Kilner charts a constructive way forward and reflects on the tremendously liberating impact that a sound understanding of the image of God can have in the world today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John F. Kilner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/08\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 414\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802867643\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Christianity Today Book Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCBA Retailers\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2015 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2015 pg. 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn F. Kilner \u003c\/b\u003eholds the endowed Forman Chair of Christian Ethics and Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and serves as the director of bioethics degree programs at Trinity International University, Deerfield, Illinois.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45073517510771,"sku":"9780802867643","price":47.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_fa384908-04ab-4826-953c-dfb1ee5bfa0b.jpg?v=1780703205","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/dignity-and-destiny-humanity-in-the-image-of-god-9780802867643","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}