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In God's Image : How Western Civilization Was Shaped by a Revolutionary Idea.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Persico, Tomer.
- Standardized Title:
- Adam be-tselem Elohim. English
- Language:
- English
- Hebrew
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophical anthropology.
- Human beings--Philosophy.
- Human beings.
- Individualism--Philosophy.
- Individualism.
- Image of God.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (372 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, 2025.
- Biography/History:
- Persico Tomer: Tomer Persico is a Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute, a Rubinstein Fellow at Reichman University and a Senior Research Scholar at the UC Berkeley Center for Middle Eastern Studies. and author of Liberalism: Its Roots, Values, and Crises (Hebrew). Tomer Persico is a Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute, a Rubinstein Fellow at Reichman University and a Senior Research Scholar at the UC Berkeley Center for Middle Eastern Studies. and author of Liberalism: Its Roots, Values, and Crises (Hebrew).
- Summary:
- "This book examines the central role that the biblical idea the "image of God" has played in the development of Western civilization. Focusing on five themes-selfhood, freedom, conscience, equality, and meaning-it presents a cultural history of the Judeo-Christian tradition, from biblical times through modernity, suggesting also an answer for the troublesome question: Why the West?"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4798-3574-9
- OCLC:
- 1520914703
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