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Zusatztext This book is highly recommended for anyone interested in learning more about the provenance and ingenuity of Augustine's image theology. Informationen zum Autor Gerald P. Boersma is Assistant Professor of Theology at St. Bonaventure University. Klappentext Gerald P. Boersma examines Augustine's early theology of the image of God, or imago dei, and shows that he affirms that both Christ and the human person are the imago dei. Boersma contextualizes Augustine's theology prior to his ordination (386-391) by demonstrating that it represents a significant departure from earlier Latin pro-Nicene theologies of image. Zusammenfassung The question of what it means for Christ to be the "image of God," or imago dei, lies at the heart of the Christological debates of the fourth century. Is an image a derivation from its source? Are they two separate substances? Does an image serve to reveal its source? Is an image ontologically inferior to its source? In this book, Gerald P. Boersma examines three Western pro-Nicene theologies of the imago dei, which tackle the question of whether human beings and Christ can both be considered to be the "image of God." Boersma goes on to examine Augustine's early theology of the imago dei, prior to his ordination (386-391). According to Boersma, Augustine's early thought posits that Christ is an image of equal likeness to God, while a human being is an image of unequal likeness. He argues that although Augustine's early theology of image builds on that of Hilary of Poitiers, Marius Victorinus, and Ambrose of Milan, Augustine was able to affirm, in ways that his predecessors were not, how both Christ and the human person can be considered the imago dei. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Abbreviations Introduction Part One I. Hilary of Poitiers II. Marius Victorinus III. Ambrose of Milan Part Two IV. The Plotinian Image V. Proteus and Participation VI. The Analogical and Embodied Imago Dei VII. The Ascent of the Image in De vera religione Epilogue: The Imago Dei in De Trinitate Notes Bibliography index ...
