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

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, Katerina Kocandrle Bauer, Viorel Coman, Denisa Cervenková, Ondrej Fischer, Pavel Hošek, Petr Jandejsek, Ondrej Kolár, Tabita Landová, Ivana Noble, Tim Noble, Libor Ovecka, Aristotle Papanikolaou, Mireia Ryšková, Zdenko Širka, František Štech, Martin Vanác, and Michaela Vlcková.

First published in Czech as Kdo je clovek? Teologická antropologie ekumenicky by Karolinum, Prague, 2021.