Christian Concept of the Imago Dei
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Christian Concept of the Imago Dei
Added on 2019-10-01
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Christian concept of the imago deiChristian religion believes in the concept of imago dei as the image of God, which is the imprint so placed on the humanity, since this depicts the very fact that, the human being is being identified as the special creation which although debated throughout the Christian denominations[ CITATION Cra77 \l 1033 ]. Importance and relevancy to healthcare The image of God is believed to be seen more prominently in healthcare, since when some individual approaches the healthcare, it’s out of discomfort and unbearable condition with regards to its health [ CITATION Sev81 \l 1033 ]. This is the condition which is often faced when an individual comes to a healthcare. It is when the health care professionals who comes in to rescue, becomes the image of God in the earthly situations[ CITATION Pel79 \l 1033 ]. God is believed to be the best healer of all kinds of troubles. So, when a health care professional relives the pain and provides with the relief to the utter discomfort a person was in to, then it feels like God, by himself came to rescue. As it is believed that, the omniscient God created us within his own image, so it essentially implies that, each and every people are a part of Him and hence needs to treated with the same amount of respect and that of dignity, which cannot be determined and must not be determined with the socioeconomic status or based on any other statuses [ CITATION She06 \l 1033 ]. ReferencesPellegrino E D. . (1979). Humanism and the physician. . Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press.Crawford R. . (1977). You are dangerous to your health: the ideology ofvictim blaming. . International Journal of Health services , 663-680.Sevensky R L. (1981). Religion and illness: an outline of their relationship. . Southen medicaljournal , 745-750.Shelly, Judith Allen, and Miller, Arlene B. . (2006). Called to Care. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.
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