Being as Communion is most definitely not a book for the faint of heat (and believe, I was almost faint of heart and considered stopping with this book once I had read the parts that I had a particular interest in). But staying the course paid in dividends as I finished this rather heavy philosophical and theological look at the what it means to be created in the image of God, most particularly as we image the communion that is seen in the Trinity.
This isn’t normally my cup of tea (as anyone perusing my previous posts would be able to ascertain), but it was recommended to me by a friend. His point, which I think I agree with, is that this book might contain the basis for a Christian argument/refutation of libertarianism, which is something I am quite interested in. The short form of that argument goes something like this: mankind is created in the image of God. Typically, we only think of being created in the image of God as concerning the moral aspects of our being or our stewardship/dominion of the nature around us. However, we need to consider that, while those are aspects of the nature and character of God that we can image, we also image (and probably need to image more faithfully) a much more crucial aspect of who God is…namely His trinitarianism. The key part of the Trinity is then the communion and the relations between the various members of the Trinity. Thus, to be the image bearers of God most faithfully, we must be relational, communal beings, an idea that stands contrary to libertarianism which focuses instead on the individual and the rights of the individual. Some interesting food for thought, as it seemed to me.