Explore: The Image Of God

The "image of God" (Hebrew: צֶלֶם אֱלֹהִים, romanized: ṣelem ʾĔlōhīm; Greek: εἰκών τοῦ Θεοῦ, romanized: eikón toú Theoú; Latin: imago Dei) is a concept

belief systems, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith. In polytheistic belief systems, a god is "a spirit or

scientific, cultural, and religious perspectives. He was the author of In the Image of God. Born on February 7, 1932, in St. Albans, New York, a neighborhood

the "image of God". From the biblical perspective, "to be human is to bear the image of God." "Two main modes of conceiving human nature—the one of which

Christianity, God is the eternal, supreme being who created and preserves all things. Christians believe in a monotheistic conception of God, which is both

mention the word always appears as ha-adam, 'the man', but as Genesis 1:27 shows ("So God created man in his [own] image, in the image of God created

the term image (or optical image) refers specifically to the reproduction of an object formed by light waves coming from the object. A volatile image

of what constitutes the image of God in humanity, "the idea that a human being does not bear or have the image of God but that he or she is the image

Imitation of God (Latin: imitatio Dei) is the religious precept of a person finding salvation by striving to realize their concept of supreme being. It

made in the image of God (Phil. 2:5) did not try to grasp equality with God, but instead, humbled himself in obedience to God. Dunn sees the hymn as an