In God's Image: How Western Civilization Was Shaped by a Revolutionary Idea - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:New York University PressISBN-13:9781479835713ISBN-10:1479835714UPC:9781479835713Book Category:History, Religion, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Civilization, Christianity, MovementsBook Topic:Literature & the Arts, Critical TheorySize:9.00 x 5.90 x 1.40 inchesWeight:1.4021Product ID:SC3CT8MBR8
In God's Image: How Western Civilization Was Shaped by a Revolutionary Idea
The idea that all human beings were created in God's image was core to the creation of the modern West
In God's Image examines the central role that the idea that all people were created in the image of God played in the development of Western civilization. Focusing on five themes--selfhood, freedom, conscience, equality, and meaning--the book guides the reader through a cultural history of the...Language:EnglishPublisher:New York University PressISBN-13:9781479835713ISBN-10:1479835714UPC:9781479835713Book Category:History, Religion, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Civilization, Christianity, MovementsBook Topic:Literature & the Arts, Critical TheorySize:9.00 x 5.90 x 1.40 inchesWeight:1.4021Product ID:SC3CT8MBR8
Tomer Persico is a Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute, and a Senior Research Scholar at the UC Berkeley Center for Middle Eastern Studies. He is the author of The Jewish Meditative Tradition (Hebrew) and Liberalism: Its Roots, Values, and Crises (Hebrew).
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