The Process of Maturing
Human Childhood and Adulthood in a Theological Perspective
Will be published approx. on 27. November 2025
Book
Hardback
376 pages
978-90-04-71565-3 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
726 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-71565-3 (9789004715653)
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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 Sirka 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 Sirka 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).
Content
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
?Ales Weiss
3 Family Relations and Education
?Vaclav Jezek
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 Bargar
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
?Katerina Kocandrle 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
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
?Ales Weiss
3 Family Relations and Education
?Vaclav Jezek
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 Bargar
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
?Katerina Kocandrle 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