Redeeming the image

McFadyen, Alistair

doi:10.1080/1474225x.2016.1196539

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“…The goods to which we aspire, then, are not only the ones we cannot grasp, the ones in a mystic future time that might never come, but also those we build here and now, in continuity with and discontinuity from what we have already been and what we may yet be. As Alistair McFadyen has suggested, the doctrine of the image of God might be understood performatively and indicatively (McFadyen 2016, 120; cf. McFadyen 2012): not as communicating something static about humans, but something active and dynamic.…”

Section: Christianity and Transformationmentioning

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Transformative Creatures: Theology, Gender Diversity, and Human Identity

Cornwall¹

2022

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Gender transition may be figured as part of a broader creaturely process of being partners in our own becoming. Gender transition is explored through the lenses of transformation (including comparisons with theosis and with religious conversion) and neurodiversity. Humans are transformative creatures; trans and gender-variant people, like others, have the power to curate their own identities and are on a journey toward perfection. Our nature as humans, including our sexed and gendered nature, is not overand-done-with. In this sense, our active building and shaping of our identities and body-stories is not a rejection of a divine blueprint for human existence, nor an exercise of illegitimate human hubris, but rather a licit creaturely form of generativity.

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Transformative Creatures: Theology, Gender Diversity, and Human Identity

Cornwall¹

2022

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“…It is their role to create spaces through their sermons to bring church members into a relationship with their Creator. However, McFadyen (2016) articulates that:…”

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Exploring the role of the church as a ‘reformation agency’ in enhancing a socially transformative agenda in South Africa

Wyk

2017

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies

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International political, social, economic and religious developments influence how local communities operate. The South African church society is influenced by such developments taking place globally and which clearly influence how local churches function. This article explores the role of the contemporary church as a ‘reformation agency’ in enhancing a socially transformative agenda in South Africa. A qualitative research approach – an interpretative phenomenology design – was employed to negotiate a shared understanding through conversation and intersubjective meaning-making with church ministers, with the primary focus being their subjective experience of the changing role of the church in enhancing a transformative agenda in a South African context. A purposive sampling (n = 6) consisted of local church leaders who participated in the face-to-face and telephonic semi-structured interviews to achieve the purpose of the study. The findings clearly show that deliberate and intentional actions by churches allow them to become a voice for the marginalised, to create spaces for searching for excellence and to increase the quality of servant leadership, all as vehicles for transforming church society. Furthermore, servant leadership is a social phenomenon, a philosophy-in-practice aimed at leading by example to achieve a common goal. To accomplish this, church ministers are required to spearhead the challenge as a prerequisite to creating ‘lived experienced’ opportunities for members as an inward-outward spiritual journey. Finally, church leaders believed that transformation is a secular dimension, but that it can also be aligned towards God’s redemption plan and enhancing a socially just transformation agenda. Ultimately, this study proposed several recommendations to allow the local church to be relevant in practicing and promoting stronger unity and reconciliation amongst all churches nationally and globally.

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Performing theimago Dei: human enhancement, artificial intelligence and optative image-bearing

O’Donnell¹

2018

International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church

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Redeeming the image

Cited by 4 publications

References 22 publications

Transformative Creatures: Theology, Gender Diversity, and Human Identity

Transformative Creatures: Theology, Gender Diversity, and Human Identity

Exploring the role of the church as a ‘reformation agency’ in enhancing a socially transformative agenda in South Africa

Performing theimago Dei: human enhancement, artificial intelligence and optative image-bearing

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