«26 Then God said: 'Let us make humanity in our image, in our likeness...27 God therefore created humanity in his image, in image of God. he created them; He created them male and female. » Genesis 1:26a, 1:27The stories humans tell about their origins are always cherished and held in high esteem. In fact, no culture has existed without creating or attempting to create an origin story. Every culture has had ways of saying we are where we come from. Especially in cultures where religion was predominant, the mythology of origins became not only a status or an anthropology but also a theology. In this case, we see that Christianity is not alone in this struggle, although our struggle may be one of a kind. In our case, we see that the foundation of theology, especially practical theology, finds its basis in our story of creation and origin. “One of the central assertions of the Christian faith is the assertion that human beings are created in the image of God. » Because the creation account, as cited above, claims that humanity was created in the image or likeness of God, and we affirm that the Bible is the testimony of Christ, who, being in human form, was also created in the image of God, then it is logical to conclude that the theology of human nature rests on this imago dei and, therefore, the discussion of the relational view of the imago of Karl Barth is essential to dissect in order to construct a reasonable theology. Humans are not by nature meant to be unsociable or unsociable. alone. On the contrary, “being truly human and living in community are inseparable”. The very essence of human existence is based on community rather than individualism. For humans, the only way for a person to become a complete...... middle of paper ......nald, Nathan. “The imago Dei and election: reading Genesis 1:26-28 and scholarship on the Old Testament with Karl Barth.” International Review of Systematic Theology 10, no. 3 (July 1, 2008): 303-327. ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials, EBSCOhost (accessed April 25, 2011). Migliore, Daniel L. Faith Seeking Understanding: An Introduction to Christian Theology. 2 ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans Pub Co, 2004. Nengean, Isaiah Gesa. "The imago Dei as the imago Trinitatis: an analysis of Jürgen Moltmann's doctrine on the image of God." Westminster Theological Journal 71, no. 2 (September 1, 2009): 490-318. ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials, EBSCOhost (accessed April 25, 2011). Sands, Paul Francis. “The imago Dei as a vocation.” Evangelical Quarterly 82, no. 1 (January 1, 2010): 28-41. ATLA Religion database with ATLASerials, EBSCOhost (accessed April 25, 2011).