Imago Dei and the Tensions of Ethnic Identity
According to the story of creation narrated in the Bible, all human beings are created in the image of God. As God’s image-bearers, all people need equal freedom, dignity, and justice. However, this core value of humanity is being neglected, and people are mistreating, exploiting, and killing others...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Pennsylvania Press
[2021]
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Journal of ecumenical studies
Year: 2021, Volume: 56, Issue: 1, Pages: 116-147 |
| IxTheo Classification: | NBE Anthropology |
| Further subjects: | B
Image of God
B Imago Dei B Ethnicity B The Fall B African Traditional Religion |
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| Summary: | According to the story of creation narrated in the Bible, all human beings are created in the image of God. As God’s image-bearers, all people need equal freedom, dignity, and justice. However, this core value of humanity is being neglected, and people are mistreating, exploiting, and killing others based on their ethnic origins. A country with a multiethnic society faces the worst challenge in this regard. This essay offers biblical and extrabiblical evidence for addressing the tensions between ethnicity and humanity in the image of God from a systematic theological standpoint, whereby attention is called to a harmonious and peaceful relationship between people of different ethnic heritages. |
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| ISSN: | 2162-3937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of ecumenical studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/ecu.2021.0009 |