'First, the image of God is the task in which human persons serve as God's representatives by manifesting his presence in creation. Second, the image of God involves God creating and constituting humans as personal beings through whom he can manifest himself personally in creation. Third, the image of God involves the continual unfolding of God's personal being as he manifests himself in and through his covenantal relationships with his people, Israel and the Church. Putting these three elements together, then , the image of God can be understood as God manifesting his personal presence in creation through his covenental relationships with human persons, whom he has constituted as personal beings to serve as his representatives in creation and to whom he remains faithful despite their rejection of him.'
Marc Cortez, Theological Anthropology: A Guide for the Perplexed, p.36.
