Download or read book The Digitalised Image of God written by Ximian Xu and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-10-08 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the idea of the imago Dei to engaging theologically with artificial intelligence (AI). It reflects on how enormous progress in the development of AI has raised some challenges to Christian theology. Questions explored include: is AI created in the imago Dei? If so, does AI challenge the uniqueness of the human being as the imago Dei? If not, could AI be incorporated into human communities as a human companion in the same way as a natural human person? Would AI eventually develop to have human-level consciousness and be capable of performing liturgies and ethical actions? Bringing to light the radical distinction between the imago Dei and the imago hominis, the book constructs a theo-ontological foundation for AI and draws on the Reformed theology of archetype–ectype as a metaphysical tool to deploy a holistic account of the imago Dei in theology–AI dialogues. The author argues that the imago Dei is the signifier of the beginning both of God–human stories and stories of human ethical performances towards others. From the perspective of the image of the imago Dei, it can be argued that AI can somehow participate into the narration of these religious and ethical stories. This book will be of particular interest to scholars of theology and those working in the field of religion and science/technology.
Download or read book The Digitalised Image of God written by XIMIAN. XU and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2024-10-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the idea of the imago Dei to engaging theologically with artificial intelligence (AI). It reflects on how enormous progress in the development of AI has raised some challenges to Christian theology. Questions explored include: Is AI created in the imago Dei? If so, does AI challenge the uniqueness of the human being as the imago Dei? If not, could AI be incorporated into human communities as a human companion in the same way as a natural human person? Would AI eventually develop to have human-level consciousness and be capable of performing liturgies and ethical actions? Bringing to light the radical distinction between the imago Dei and the imago hominis, the book constructs a theo-ontological foundation for AI and draws on the Reformed theology of archetype-ectype as a metaphysical tool to deploy a holistic account of the imago Dei in theology-AI dialogues. The author argues that the imago Dei is the signifier of the beginning both of God-human stories and of stories of human ethical performances towards others. From the perspective of the image of the imago Dei, it can be argued that AI can somehow participate into the narration of these religious and ethical stories. This book will be of particular interest to scholars of theology and those working in the field of religion and science/technology.
Download or read book The Divine Image written by Ian Alexander McFarland and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theologian Ian McFarland claims that Christians have mainly misappropriated the "image of God" language for 2000 years and thereby missed a rich resource for our knowledge of God. What, then, does it mean to say that we are made in God's image, or that Christ is the very image or prototype of God? Rather than referring to some germinal divine element in humans, such as reason, McFarland claims that the image of God in us tells us something about God and how we know God. It tells us that God, though not identical with us, communicates Godself to us in creative love, in a way that offers precious clues about God's transcendence, immanence, triune life, self-disclosure, incarnation, and intentions for human life. Too, we "learn from Jesus something new about God." Gathered as Christ's body, the church too images God and sets us on a quest to discern the image of God in Christ's incarnate body. McFarland's careful and exacting work builds from this kernel a powerful Christian vision of God's life and our own destiny in Christ.
Download or read book The Philosophy of Early Christianity in the Era of Digitalisation written by Yip Mei Loh and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2021-06-02 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The benefits of the digital age are huge. Our lives have been transformed, both in the developed and the undeveloped world. However, this transformation has its dark side. The same powerful technologies have enabled cultural or religious grooming to flourish, unmoderated social ‘influencing’ to have free reign, fake information to spread, and sophisticated hackers to create destabilizing international mayhem. What place does the Church have in all this? How does it respond? What about the master philosophers of the neo-Platonic age, whose wisdom, borne of the great philosopher himself, was formed through the emerging doctrines of the early Christian church? The excellent and thought-provoking essays gathered here provide answers to these questions and more.
Download or read book The image of God written by Gunnlaugur A. Jonsson and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mystery Models and Imagination written by Leviticus J. Ferris and published by Leviticus J Ferris. This book was released on 2009-03 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mankind is made in the image of God; it is something to which mankind is held accountable. However, God does not define what the image is. Therefore, mankind must place this image within a tangible context of reality in order to conceive of an object in which to be held accountable. To help mankind in this task, God has bestowed three tools for mankind’s disposal. These three tools are 1) Revelation 2) known models/constructs 3) and imagination. Through Revelation God proclaims who He is. Known models in the ancient Near East are used to convey the idea of the function mankind is expected to perform. Finally, imagination is the conduit by which mankind is able to explore the unknown. The New Testament provides a refined nuance. Mankind is able to identify how he is to perform his role as the image of God through the example of Christ.
Download or read book The Redeemed Image of God written by Susan Windley-Daoust and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2002 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Redeemed Image of God examines the classical development of imago Dei, the image of God, in Christian theology, and reconstructs the doctrine in order to recover the role of the image in redemption and the importance of human embodiment in salvific relationships. The author argues that the imago Dei is the point of contact that enables a rich web of relationships to others, but most importantly the redemptive relationship to the Other, God
Download or read book Image of God written by Rashma George and published by ISPCK. This book was released on 1998 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Changing the Image of God from Human to Energy written by Margo Fish and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-08-30 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A meditation on the use of the image of God in art, philosophy, and literature.
Download or read book Finding the Lost Images of God written by Timothy S. Laniak and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Images are frequently used in the Bible to describe God and his relationship with his chosen people. Without an accurate understanding of the images, we cannot comprehend the profound biblical revelations they communicate. Understanding these cultural vehicles of communication comes by learning the cultural background of those who created them. Timothy S. Laniak illuminates this background for readers “from the ground up” with his archaeological and anthropological explanations of the contexts the authors lived in. Suitable for students, pastors, and lay leaders, the Zondervan ebook Images of God and His People links these cultural characteristics with the images of God with corresponding images of his people found in the Old and New Testaments. This complementary approach reveals a rich relationship between God and the people he loves and calls into his service.
Download or read book The Image of the Invisible God written by Travis R. Niles and published by Mohr Siebeck. This book was released on 2023-11-09 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Girls Against God written by Jenny Hval and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2020-10-22 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to 1990s Norway. White picket fences run in neat rows and Christian conservatism runs deep. But as the Artist considers her past, her practice and her hatred, things start stirring themselves up around her. In a corner of Oslo a coven of witches begin cooking up some curses. A time-travelling Edvard Munch arrives in town to join a death metal band, closely pursued by the teenaged subject of his painting Puberty, who has murder on her mind. Meanwhile, out deep in the forest, a group of school girls get very lost and things get very strange. And awful things happen in aspic. Jenny Hval's latest novel is a radical fusion of feminist theory and experimental horror, and a unique treatise on magic, writing and art.
Download or read book In the Image of God written by Charles Vogan and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-09-08 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God made man "in his own image" - because Adam was created to rule the earth. But with his rebellion against God, Adam was forced to live in this cursed world as the animals do: "without God and without hope." The doors to Heaven were slammed shut; now mankind must live in emptiness, loneliness, and destitution. Like the animals, "All the toil of man is for his mouth." When Jesus was baptized by John in the Jordan River, he took upon himself a role that no human being will ever fully comprehend: to transform an animal into the Son of God.
Download or read book The Image of God Lost and Recreated written by Otis Gouty and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-09-27 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book that demonstrates how a person can get the image of God. Adam and Eve were created in the image of God but lost it. They were given freedom of choice. Unfortunately, they rejected God and chose the way of Satan, which has been passed on to all of us down through the centuries from parent to child. The Bible is accepted as truth. Every step of the way taken here is documented by the Bible. Scientific discoveries are introduced to form a basis for understanding and to compliment biblical references. Children born after Seth were born in the evil image of Adam and Eve. God was so deeply grieved by the evil intentions of Seth's descendants that he sent the flood to destroy all of mankind. Noah was favored by God, but even so, he was still of the lineage of Seth. The Old Testament is filled with the sinful acts of God's chosen children, but the faithful unchanging God had a plan which He brought to pass in the person of Jesus. This book provides a penetrating and dramatic picture of how God has implemented His plan to the present time.
Download or read book The Iconoclastic Deity written by Clyde A. Holbrook and published by Bucknell University Press. This book was released on 1984 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the meanings of images, with particular reference to the images of God found in the Bible, and surveys the various images found. It critically reviews theories of images, as distinguished from symbols, and argues that images are more forceful representations of the deity than are symbols.
Download or read book The Image of God Or Layman s Book written by Roger Hutchinson and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Image of God in the Theology of Gregory of Nazianzus written by Gabrielle Thomas and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-06 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides the first full-length analysis of Gregory Nazianzen's multifaceted account of the image of God against the backdrop of biblical themes.
