Being Human in God's World by J. Gordon McConville

Author:J. Gordon McConville
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: REL006210;REL006090;Theological anthropology—Biblical teaching;Theological anthropology—Christianity;Bible | Old Testament—Criticism | interpretation | etc.
ISBN: 9781493404421
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2016-06-24T00:00:00+00:00

Conclusion

In the present chapter we have explored aspects of human embodiment, one of the implications of a theology of humanity that we have traced from the concept of the “image of God,” as well as from the Old Testament evidence about Israel’s basic concepts of the human constitution. Embodiment applied not only to the individual but also to the “social body” and to the ways in which the one related to the other. In that context we have pursued here the topics of placedness and memory and found them to be important factors in the Old Testament’s expression of the human condition and experience. We have also observed connections between the topics and the pervasive theme of transformation. Regarding place, humans do not simply occupy space but impart to it a certain character by virtue of the way in which they occupy it, a character that has much to do with the quality of human relating in it, and the ways in which humans relate to the earth itself. Similar factors emerge in the context of the ways in which identity is expressed through commemorative acts. The two topics converged in regard to matters of practical justice. Place and memory, therefore, are not simply static factors in human experience, but have aspects of both givenness (“God gave us this land”) and the most profound challenge to responsible thought and action.

We turn next to a further topic under the rubric of “embodiment,” namely, politics.

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