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2. Jewish Ethics

   Before modern times, there was no systematic account of Jewish ethics. This can be attributed to the fact that Jewish tradition never considered ethics an autonomous subject matter or mode of inquiry. There is no indigenous Hebrew word for ethics, describing what ancient Greek thinkers used t...

   ​Author

   Eugene Korn

   ​Faith tradition

   Judaism

   ​Topics

   Ethics

3. Substance Dualist Theological Anthropology

   This article explores a conception of the human from a substantival perspective of the wider Christian tradition. After a general survey of substance dualist theological anthropology, the article focuses on the interplay between human constitution and the imago Dei (image of God). By focusi...

   ​Author

   Joshua Farris

   ​Faith tradition

   Christianity

   ​Topics

   Being and existence

4. Visual Arts and Christian Theology

   Christianity is sometimes described as a ‘religion of the book’, but visual art has long been used by Christians alongside and in addition to words, to express their experiences of and reflections on God. Its particular significance within some Christian contexts has been justified on chris...

   ​Author

   Chloë Reddaway and Ben Quash

   ​Faith tradition

   Christianity

   ​Topics

   Society and culture

5. Feminist Theologies

   The entry summarizes and analyses some of the main theological trends within Jewish feminisms. Taking a broader sense of theology as the conceptual religious underpinning that serves as a lens through which new options for interpreting the Jewish canon emerge, it focuses on five main themes: ...

   ​Author

   Ronit Irshai

   ​Faith tradition

   Judaism

   ​Topics

   Theological methods

6. Image of God (Imago Dei)

   Imago Dei is a key concept in theological anthropology. This article examines its biblical use in Genesis and in the writings of Paul. In both cases, a crucial question is whether the image of God refers to aspects of human existence or to a reality in God in which humans participate. Furth...

   ​Author

   Peter Søes

   ​Faith tradition

   Christianity

   ​Topics

   Being and existence

7. Christological Anthropology

   Theologians have long maintained that Christology is vital for a properly theological understanding of the human person. Patristic theology maintained an intrinsic link between the humanity revealed in Christ and that which we ought to believe about humanity in general (), an emphasis that ...

   ​Author

   Marc Cortez and Daniel Lee Hill

   ​Faith tradition

   Christianity

   ​Topics

   Being and existence

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