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Ausgabe:

Juli/August/2018

Spalte:

823–825

Kategorie:

Systematische Theologie: Dogmatik

Autor/Hrsg.:

Peterson, Ryan S.

Titel/Untertitel:

TheImago Dei as Human Identity. A Theological Interpretation.

Verlag:

University Park: Eisenbrauns (Penn State University Press) 2016. XIV, 192 S. = Journal of Theological In-terpretation, Supplement 14. Kart. US$ 33,95. ISBN 978-1-57506-433-8.

Rezensent:

Peter Søes

Ryan S. Peterson’s PhD dissertation from 2010 has with minor changes been published in the Journal of Theological Interpretation Supplement Series. P. aims to present a theological understanding of the imago Dei that can meet four requirements: (a) to accommo-date the best exegetical understanding of Gen 1:26–28, (b) to enable a canonical reading of the image motif throughout Scripture, (c) to integrate particular anthropological insights from Christian tradition, and (d) to propose a convincing basis for the addressing of ethical questions.
Chapter 2 lists three »kinds« of interpretation: the substantialis-tic, the relational and the functional, represented by Aquinas, Barth and J. Richard Middleton. The chapter attempts to show that none of them meets the ...


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