Resemblance, Relationship, and Representation: Sonship and the Meaning of the Imago Dei

PAPER • The theme of “sonship” offers a conceptual framework for ordering three key dimensions of the divine image: humans are constituted to resemble God, relate to God and creation, and represent God’s rule in creation as image-sons. This biblical-theological analogy unfolds from Adam to Christ to redeemed humanity.

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