Man, The Image of God

God created man in his own image, and the profound implications of this assertion are the subject of this book. Drawing on philosophy, theology, science, Scripture and art, Cardinal Schonborn reflects on man as the greatest of God's creatures and on the Christian understanding of his incomparable dignity that flows from this truth.

According to the Christian faith, all the works of God converge toward man, and find their goal in him. The world was made for man, and man was made for God. This "anthropocentrism" resounds like good news at a time when many find it hard to believe in God's special and personal providence for man. It is good news, indeed, that man has worth and his life has meaning because God bears an infinite love for him - a love which is the very origin of creation and is the reason for the work of redemption.

Among the topics Cardinal Schonborn addresses are: Christ-the Loveliest of Men, The Exaltation of Man, The Basis of Man's Dignity, Faith in Art, God with a Human Face.

Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn Christoph Cardinal Sch?nborn is the Archbishop of Vienna. The renowned theologian was the primary editor of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. The Dominican priest was a student of Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI. He has written numerous books and articles on faith, including Happiness, God & Man, Jesus, The Divine Physician, and Chance or Purpose?, a study of the theory of evolution and the relationship between faith and science.