What is it about?
The Introduction explains what role in being and becoming human is played by the factor of time. It focuses on the time-scale from birth to death, and after. Discusses what roles in a harmonious growth or in carrying burdens of exclusion, illness, being a victim or a perpetrator of violence, are played by others, how we rise and fall within the networks of relationships, and hat role in that is and can be played by the relationship with God, the giver of new opportunities and new starts.
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Why is it important?
The text shows how theological anthropology can work with a human identity as evolving.
Perspectives
It has been helpful to reflect on time of growth and decline and on how the end and the beginning are interconnected.
Ivana Noble
Univerzita Karlova
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This page is a summary of: Human Childhood and Adulthood in Theological Perspective: Introduction, November 2025, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1163/9789004746343_002.
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