To be Human Before God: Insights in Biblical Spirituality - Softcover

Guinan, Michael D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0814622070 ISBN 13: 9780814622070

Publisher: Liturgical Press, 1994

Synopsis

What does it mean to be human before God? The Bible provides two very different answers: on the one hand, we are weak, fallen creatures whom God has saved. On the other hand, we are images of God created and blessed to share God's dominion over all creation. The first, the "saving tradition", is very familiar; the second, the "blessing tradition", with its distinct but overlapping strands of creation, royal and wisdom thought, is currently being recovered. What are we to make of these? How are they to be interrelated? What are their implications for the spiritual life? This book respects the biblical diversity presented by these two traditions, and considers their impact on our relationship to the world, to others, to ourselves and to God.

About this edition

• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0814622070
• ISBN 13: 9780814622070
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112