The Process of Maturing

Human Childhood and Adulthood in a Theological Perspective

Buch | Hardcover

396 Seiten

2025
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-71565-3 (ISBN)

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Following human life, from birth to death, with its different experiences, this volume of theological anthropology examines the possibilities and obstacles that impact on people’s self-understanding and on their spiritual life.

The authors explore theological anthropology through the different phases of human life. Beginning with birth and continuing through childhood to adulthood, to growing old and facing the closeness of death, the book looks into the roles of family, education, friendships, the religious community and its rituals. It considers challenges in living with a disability or illness, disruptions presented by social exclusion, experiencing violence, sexual abuse or having done wrong. It explores the possibilities and the difficulty of forgiveness and rehabilitation. It ends by inverting the perspective, looking at human becoming from the perspective of faith in the resurrection.

Contributors are: Pavol Bargár, John Behr, Viorel Coman, Pavel Hošek, Petr Jandejsek, Václav Ježek, Michael Kirwan, Kateřina Kočandrle Bauer, Olga Lossky-Laham, Petre Maican, Ivana Noble, Tim Noble, Aristotle Papanikolaou, Athanasios N. Papathanasiou, Ian Randall, Zdenko Širka, Aleš Weiss, Pieter De Witte, Mujadad Zaman.

Ivana Noble is Professor of Ecumenical Theology at the Protestant Theological Faculty of Charles University. She teaches and publishes in the fields of ecumenical systematic theology, fundamental theology, Orthodox theology, hermeneutics, theological anthropology, political theology, and Christian spirituality, including two volumes of Essays in Ecumenical Theology (Brill, 2019, 2022). Zdenko Širka works at the Protestant Theological Faculty of Charles University and the Jabok College of Applied Social Studies. He publishes in hermeneutics, ecumenical theology, Orthodox theology, and theological ethics. He is author of Transcendence and Understanding (2020).

Contents

Foreword

About the Cover Illustration

Notes on Contributors

Human Childhood and Adulthood in Theological Perspective: Introduction

Ivana Noble

1 Human Birth and Early Ecclesial Maturation

Olga Lossky-Laham

2 From Childhood to Adulthood

Aleš Weiss

3 Family Relations and Education

Václav Ježek

4 Transitions between Childhood and Adulthood in Islam

Mujadad Zaman

5 The Formative Time of Being Young

Viorel Coman

6 Friendship and Its Formative Role

Athanasios N. Papathanasiou

7 Maturity and Fruitfulness

Pavol Bargár

8 Emancipation of the Subject

Michael Kirwan and Tim Noble

9 The Impact of Disability

Petre Maican

10 Social Exclusion and Sexual Abuse

Petr Jandejsek

11 The Aftermath of Wrongdoing

Pieter De Witte

12 Parenthood

Kateřina Kočandrle Bauer

13 Ageing Gracefully

Ivana Noble and Tim Noble

14 Illness and Death

Ian Randall

15 By Such Order and Rhythms

John Behr

Afterword

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	29.11.2025
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Theology and Religion ; 37
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	781 g
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-10	90-04-71565-7 / 9004715657
ISBN-13	978-90-04-71565-3 / 9789004715653
Zustand	Neuware