Being God's Image (Carmen Joy Imes)

In 2019, Carmen Joy Imes wrote Bearing God's Name. This book is a companion volume to that. She says in the introduction that it is an extended answer to this question: "how does bearing God's name relate to being the image of God?" Her basic answer is that "every human being is created as God's image . . . [and] our identity as God's image implies a representational role—the Creater God appointed humans to exercise his rule over creation on his behalf." The fall of man corrupted us, of course, but did not change these important truths. Imes thus spends the book exploring this topic, looking at humans in God's world, the way of wisdom, and humans in God's new world. 

Overall, this is a solid work. She explains some key concepts (which may be familiar to a mature Christian) but incorporated some interesting and new [to me] interpretations of several Biblical texts. It felt meandering in places—more like reflections on the topic vs. a clear structure—but I enjoyed it and would recommend it overall.

Rating: B+