The Social God and the Relational Self: A Trinitarian Theology of the Imago Dei

Stanley J. Grenz. The author constructs an ongoing conversation involving biblical texts, the theological heritage of the Christian tradition, and the contemporary historical/social context. He develops a communal understanding of the imago dei in the face of the demise of the centered self. Grenz delineates the biblical/theological foundation for a new social conception of the divine image and reformulates an understanding of the self in a postmodern context, a context characterized by the loss of the self coupled with the quest for relationality in community.