Language:
English
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
Journal of Ecumenical Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
56,1 (2021) 116-147
Keywords:
Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Image of God Biblical teaching
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Ethnicity Biblical teaching
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Ethnicity Religious aspects
Abstract:
According to the story of creation narrated in the Bible, all human beings are created in the image of God. As God’s image-bearers, all people need equal freedom, dignity, and justice. However, this core value of humanity is being neglected, and people are mistreating, exploiting, and killing others based on their ethnic origins. A country with a multiethnic society faces the worst challenge in this regard. This essay offers biblical and extrabiblical evidence for addressing the tensions between ethnicity and humanity in the image of God from a systematic theological standpoint, whereby attention is called to a harmonious and peaceful relationship between people of different ethnic heritages
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