A Biblical Theology of Music (part five)
Excerpt from my doctoral dissertation on the Theology of Music, written at Dallas Theological Seminary 2011. Doctrine of Imago Dei This leads to the fifth element to build a biblical theology of music: to realize that humans are to be creative as God is creative. This is possible because of the doctrine of the Imago Dei—humans are created in God’s image (Gen 1:26-27). The Imago Dei is concerned with the inner nature of the musician, and the creation mandate is concerned with