The political Bible, part 5: equality

We should not underestimate how counterintuitive and countercultural human equality is. Nor should we underestimate the extent to which our contemporary commitment to equality is drawn from biblical Christianity. Genesis 1.26-27 – "… So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them," – is perhaps the single most influential biblical text in the British political history.

. . . In reality, the imago dei was only one of the two main pillars for the Christian insistence on equality. The second was its New Testament counterpart: just as all are made in the image of God, all are saved – or, rather, are offered the gift of salvation – by the same God. Guardian

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