TY  - BOOK
AU  - Highfield,Ron
TI  - God, freedom, and human dignity: embracing a God-centered identity in a me-centered culture 
SN  - 9780830827114 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - BV 4509.5 .H54 2013
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Downers Grove, IL
PB  - IVP Academic
KW  - Identity (Psychology)
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Self (Philosophy)
KW  - Self
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Part 1: the me-centered self. How the me-centered world was born -- Defiance: the Promethan dimension of the modern self -- Subservience: the religion of idols, hypocrites and hirelings -- Indifference: a study in thoughtlessness -- The god of the modern self -- The secret aspirations of the modern self -- Some unwelcome limits on freedom and dignity -- Part 2: the God-centered self. The self-giving God of the Gospel -- The irony of the divine "weakness" -- The awakening presence -- A new way of being human being -- The divine adoption -- The emergence of God-centered identity -- The freedom of the children of God -- God's love as the ground and measure of human dignity -- The reconciliation of heaven and earth
ER  -