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This book is a result of work carried out under the following project, Charles University Research Centre No. 204052, “Theological Anthropology in Ecumenical Perspective.”
Cover illustration: Ivana Noble, Mary Skips Up the Temple Stairs (oil on canvas, 2021).
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Noble, Ivana editor | Širka, Zdenko editor
Title: The process of maturing : human childhood and adulthood in a theological perspective / edited by Ivana Noble, Zdenko Širka.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2026] | Series: Studies in theology and religion, 1566208X ; volume 37 | Includes index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2025031210 | ISBN 9789004715653 hardback | ISBN 9789004746343 ebook
Subjects: LCSH: Theological anthropology
Classification: LCC BT701.3 .P754 2026
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2025031210
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ISSN 1566-208X
ISBN 978-90-04-71565-3 (hardback)
ISBN 978-90-04-74634-3 (e-book)
DOI 10.1163/9789004746343
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