Who Is the Human Being? An Ecumenical Approach to Theological Anthropology (eBook)

Ivana Noble, Zdenko Sirka (Herausgeber)

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2025
Brill (Verlag)
9789004741799 (ISBN)

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Is being human a given, or is it something one grows into throughout one's life? Is possible to be and to become human without freedom, other people, nature, God? Offering interdisciplinary insights into such questions, this volume draws on the Bible and the classics of Christian traditions, as well as contemporary debates on individualism, social responsibility, gender, and ecology. It explores narratives about human identity, how being and becoming human features in rituals and symbols, and theological models used by Christian anthropology over the centuries It looks at the human in the landscape, culture, and society, at the church, and considers the nature of discernment, formulating and reformulating moral values, and wrestling with new challenges. Contributors are: Pavol Bargar, Katerina Kocandrle Bauer, Viorel Coman, Denisa Cervenkova, Ondrej Fischer, Pavel Hosek, Petr Jandejsek, Ondrej Kolar, Tabita Landova, Ivana Noble, Tim Noble, Libor Ovecka, Aristotle Papanikolaou, Mireia Ryskova, Zdenko Sirka, Frantisek Stech, Martin Vanac, and Michaela Vlckova. First published in Czech as Kdo je clovek? Teologicka antropologie ekumenicky by Karolinum, Prague, 2021.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.11.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
• ISBN-13: 9789004741799 / 9789004741799