{"product_id":"augustines-early-theology-of-image-gerald-p-boersma-9780190251369","title":"Augustine's Early Theology of Image: A Study in the Development of Pro-Nicene Theology","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean for Christ to be the \"image of God\"? And, if Christ is the \"image of God,\" can the human person also unequivocally be understood to be the \"image of God\"? \u003cem\u003eAugustine's Early Theology\u003c\/em\u003e of Image examines Augustine's conception of the \u003cem\u003eimago dei \u003c\/em\u003eand makes the case that it represents a significant departure from the Latin pro-Nicene theologies of Hilary of Poitiers, Marius Victorinus, and Ambrose of Milan only a generation earlier.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAugustine's predecessors understood the\u003cem\u003e imago dei \u003c\/em\u003eprincipally as a Christological term designating the unity of divine substance. But, Gerald P. Boersma argues, Augustine affirms that Christ is an image of equal likeness, while the human person is an image of unequal likeness. Boersma's careful study thus argues that a Platonic and participatory evaluation of the nature of \"image\" enables Augustine's early theology of the image of God to move beyond that of his Latin predecessors and affirm the\u003cem\u003e imago dei\u003c\/em\u003e both of Christ and of the human person.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gerald P. Boersma\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0190251360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190251369\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.20w x 1.20d","brand":"Gerald P. Boersma","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43914151821567,"sku":"9780190251369","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_f6197253-e916-4fcf-ae59-6878b8c11d02.jpg?v=1680640633","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/augustines-early-theology-of-image-gerald-p-boersma-9780190251369","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}