Imaging the Image: A Relational Anthropology

In this lecture, Ury will examine the decline of the concept of personhood in the modern era along with its corresponding separation from the doctrine of the Trinity, and then trace the theme of personhood—both human and divine—through the creation narratives. The question of evolutionary or creationist perspectives will be addressed as they pertain to a full understanding of human personhood. Ury aims to show that if we are able to discern the essence of created personhood in its fullness then it is possible to define the nature of sin and of salvation in such a way that God the Creator is revealed as not only able to remove the consequences of sin but as also able to recreate a human person in his image in time and eternity.

Biography

Bill Ury (PhD Drew University) currently serves as National Ambassador of Holiness for The Salvation Army. For over twenty years he has hosted The Hour of Holiness, a national radio program heard Sunday mornings on American Family Radio, and is the author of Trinitarian Personhood: Investigating the Implications of a Relational Definition.