Created in God’s Image

by Anthony A. Hoekema

Publisher:

Eerdmans

, 1994

Overview

According to Scripture, humankind was created in the image of God. Anthony A. Hoekema discusses the implications of this theme, devoting several chapters to the biblical teaching on God’s image, the teaching of philosophers and theologians through the ages, and his own theological analysis. This text is suitable for seminary-level anthropology courses, yet accessible to educated laypeople. It includes an extensive bibliography, and is fully indexed.

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Key Features

• Discusses the implications of being created in the image of God
• Presents a biblical teaching on God’s image
• Includes an extensive bibliography, and is fully indexed

Contents

• The Importance of the Doctrine of Man
• Man as a Created Person
• The Image of God: Biblical Teaching
• The Image of God: Historical Survey
• The Image of God: A Theological Summary
• The Question of the Self-Image
• The Origin of Sin
• The Spread of Sin
• The Nature of Sin
• The Restraint of Sin
• The Whole Person
• The Question of Freedom

Top Highlights

“According to the Bible, however, the chief struggle of man is that between disobedience to God with the whole person (mind and appetites) and obedience to God with the whole person.” (Page 41)

“fallen man must still be seen as an image-bearer of God” (Page 44)

“Calvin’s teachings on the following points are particularly appreciated:” (Page 48)

“Calvin opposes those who find God’s likeness in the dominion over the earth that has been given to man.” (Page 43)

“refuses to find the image of God in man in any kind of anthropological ‘description” (Page 49)

Praise for the Print Edition

In this enlightening and scholarly work, Hoekema reappraises anthropology in the light of Scripture and Christian tradition. His contention is that the image of God in humanity is not lost through sin but instead is perverted. . . . This book can be recommended as an important and timely contribution to theological anthropology. It is both historically informative and biblically based.

—Interpretation

Product Details

• Title: Created in God’s Image
• Author: Anthony Hoekema
• Publisher: Eerdmans
• Publication Date: 1994
• Pages: 278
• Christian Group: Reformed
• Resource Type: Topical
• Topic: Anthropology

About Anthony A. Hoekema

Hoekema emigrated from the Netherlands to the United States in 1923. He attended Calvin College (A.B.), the University of Michigan (M.A.), Calvin Theological Seminary (Th.B.) and Princeton Theological Seminary (Th.D., 1953). After serving as minister of several Christian Reformed churches (1944-56) he became associate professor of Bible at Calvin College and later professor of systematic theology at Calvin Theological Seminary. He wrote The Four Major Cults (1963), What about Tongue-Speaking? (1966), Holy Spirit Baptism (1972), The Christian Looks at Himself (1975) and The Bible and the Future (1979).