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Who Is the Human Being? An Ecumenical Approach to Theological Anthropology
Series: - Studies in Theology and Religion, Volume: 36
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 Bargár, Kateřina Kočandrle Bauer, Viorel Coman, Denisa Červenková, Ondřej Fischer, Pavel Hošek, Petr Jandejsek, Ondřej Kolář, Tabita Landová, Ivana Noble, Tim Noble, Libor Ovečka, Aristotle Papanikolaou, Mireia Ryšková, Zdenko Širka, František Štěch, Martin Vaňáč, and Michaela Vlčková.
First published in Czech as Kdo je člověk? Teologická antropologie ekumenicky by Karolinum, Prague, 2021.
Contributors are: Pavol Bargár, Kateřina Kočandrle Bauer, Viorel Coman, Denisa Červenková, Ondřej Fischer, Pavel Hošek, Petr Jandejsek, Ondřej Kolář, Tabita Landová, Ivana Noble, Tim Noble, Libor Ovečka, Aristotle Papanikolaou, Mireia Ryšková, Zdenko Širka, František Štěch, Martin Vaňáč, and Michaela Vlčková.
First published in Czech as Kdo je člověk? Teologická antropologie ekumenicky by Karolinum, Prague, 2021.
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).
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
Translator’s Note
About the Cover Illustration
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Ivana Noble and Zdenko Širka
Part 1 We Are Born into a Life that Was Here Before Us
Introduction to Part 1
1 The Human Being as Relational
Tim Noble
2 The Human Being and Language
Zdenko Širka
3 People Living in Stories
Pavel Hošek and Pavol Bargár
4 The Human Being and Ritual
Tabita Landová and Michaela Vlčková
5 Being and Understanding in a Symbolic Key
Kateřina Kočandrle Bauer
Part 2 We Are Who We Become
Introduction to Part 2
6 The Image and Likeness of God
Ivana Noble
7 The Human Being Alienated and Redeemed
Mireia Ryšková
8 The Human Being Capable of Discernment
Denisa Červenková
9 Ethics, Freedom, and Responsibility
Ondřej Fischer and Libor Ovečka
10 A Theological Perspective on the Question of Gender
Ivana Noble and Kateřina Kočandrle Bauer
11 The Human Being as a Creature Inhabiting a Landscape
František Štěch
12 The Human Being and the Polis
Petr Jandejsek
13 The Human Being in Time
Ondřej Kolář and Martin Vaňáč
14 The Church and Eternity
Viorel Coman
Afterword
Index
Foreword
Translator’s Note
About the Cover Illustration
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Ivana Noble and Zdenko Širka
Part 1 We Are Born into a Life that Was Here Before Us
Introduction to Part 1
1 The Human Being as Relational
Tim Noble
2 The Human Being and Language
Zdenko Širka
3 People Living in Stories
Pavel Hošek and Pavol Bargár
4 The Human Being and Ritual
Tabita Landová and Michaela Vlčková
5 Being and Understanding in a Symbolic Key
Kateřina Kočandrle Bauer
Part 2 We Are Who We Become
Introduction to Part 2
6 The Image and Likeness of God
Ivana Noble
7 The Human Being Alienated and Redeemed
Mireia Ryšková
8 The Human Being Capable of Discernment
Denisa Červenková
9 Ethics, Freedom, and Responsibility
Ondřej Fischer and Libor Ovečka
10 A Theological Perspective on the Question of Gender
Ivana Noble and Kateřina Kočandrle Bauer
11 The Human Being as a Creature Inhabiting a Landscape
František Štěch
12 The Human Being and the Polis
Petr Jandejsek
13 The Human Being in Time
Ondřej Kolář and Martin Vaňáč
14 The Church and Eternity
Viorel Coman
Afterword
Index
It will be used both by experts in the field, students, educated public interested in ecumenical theology and theological anthropology, liturgy, rituals, ethics, spirituality, ecological theology, gender studies.