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The Process of Maturing
Human Childhood and Adulthood in a Theological Perspective
Series: - Studies in Theology and Religion, Volume: 37
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 HoÅ¡ek, Petr Jandejsek, Václav Ježek, Michael Kirwan, KateÅina KoÄandrle Bauer, Olga Lossky-Laham, Petre Maican, Ivana Noble, Tim Noble, Aristotle Papanikolaou, Athanasios N. Papathanasiou, Ian Randall, Zdenko Å irka, AleÅ¡ Weiss, Pieter De Witte, Mujadad Zaman.
Contributors are: Pavol Bargár, John Behr, Viorel Coman, Pavel HoÅ¡ek, Petr Jandejsek, Václav Ježek, Michael Kirwan, KateÅina KoÄandrle Bauer, Olga Lossky-Laham, Petre Maican, Ivana Noble, Tim Noble, Aristotle Papanikolaou, Athanasios N. Papathanasiou, Ian Randall, Zdenko Å irka, AleÅ¡ 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 Å irka 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).
Zdenko Å irka 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
âIvana Noble
1 Human Birth and Early Ecclesial Maturation
âOlga Lossky-Laham
2 From Childhood to Adulthood
âAleÅ¡ Weiss
3 Family Relations and Education
âVáclav Ježek
4 Transitions between Childhood and Adulthood in Islam
âMujadad Zaman
5 The Formative Time of Being Young
âViorel Coman
6 Friendship and Its Formative Role
âAthanasios N. Papathanasiou
7 Maturity and Fruitfulness
âPavol Bargár
8 Emancipation of the Subject
âMichael Kirwan and Tim Noble
9 The Impact of Disability
âPetre Maican
10 Social Exclusion and Sexual Abuse
âPetr Jandejsek
11 The Aftermath of Wrongdoing
âPieter De Witte
12 Parenthood
âKateÅina KoÄandrle Bauer
13 Ageing Gracefully
âIvana Noble and Tim Noble
14 Illness and Death
âIan Randall
15 By Such Order and Rhythms
âJohn Behr
Afterword
Index
Foreword
About the Cover Illustration
Notes on Contributors
Human Childhood and Adulthood in Theological Perspective: Introduction
âIvana Noble
1 Human Birth and Early Ecclesial Maturation
âOlga Lossky-Laham
2 From Childhood to Adulthood
âAleÅ¡ Weiss
3 Family Relations and Education
âVáclav Ježek
4 Transitions between Childhood and Adulthood in Islam
âMujadad Zaman
5 The Formative Time of Being Young
âViorel Coman
6 Friendship and Its Formative Role
âAthanasios N. Papathanasiou
7 Maturity and Fruitfulness
âPavol Bargár
8 Emancipation of the Subject
âMichael Kirwan and Tim Noble
9 The Impact of Disability
âPetre Maican
10 Social Exclusion and Sexual Abuse
âPetr Jandejsek
11 The Aftermath of Wrongdoing
âPieter De Witte
12 Parenthood
âKateÅina KoÄandrle Bauer
13 Ageing Gracefully
âIvana Noble and Tim Noble
14 Illness and Death
âIan Randall
15 By Such Order and Rhythms
âJohn Behr
Afterword
Index
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