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).

• ContentsForewordAbout the Cover IllustrationNotes on ContributorsHuman Childhood and Adulthood in Theological Perspective: IntroductionIvana Noble1 Human Birth and Early Ecclesial MaturationOlga Lossky-Laham2 From Childhood to AdulthoodAleš Weiss3 Family Relations and EducationVáclav Ježek4 Transitions between Childhood and Adulthood in IslamMujadad Zaman5 The Formative Time of Being YoungViorel Coman6 Friendship and Its Formative RoleAthanasios N. Papathanasiou7 Maturity and FruitfulnessPavol Bargár8 Emancipation of the SubjectMichael Kirwan and Tim Noble9 The Impact of DisabilityPetre Maican10 Social Exclusion and Sexual AbusePetr Jandejsek11 The Aftermath of WrongdoingPieter De Witte12 ParenthoodKateřina Kočandrle Bauer13 Ageing GracefullyIvana Noble and Tim Noble14 Illness and DeathIan Randall15 By Such Order and RhythmsJohn BehrAfterwordIndex

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).

• ContentsForewordAbout the Cover IllustrationNotes on ContributorsHuman Childhood and Adulthood in Theological Perspective: IntroductionIvana Noble1 Human Birth and Early Ecclesial MaturationOlga Lossky-Laham2 From Childhood to AdulthoodAleš Weiss3 Family Relations and EducationVáclav Ježek4 Transitions between Childhood and Adulthood in IslamMujadad Zaman5 The Formative Time of Being YoungViorel Coman6 Friendship and Its Formative RoleAthanasios N. Papathanasiou7 Maturity and FruitfulnessPavol Bargár8 Emancipation of the SubjectMichael Kirwan and Tim Noble9 The Impact of DisabilityPetre Maican10 Social Exclusion and Sexual AbusePetr Jandejsek11 The Aftermath of WrongdoingPieter De Witte12 ParenthoodKateřina Kočandrle Bauer13 Ageing GracefullyIvana Noble and Tim Noble14 Illness and DeathIan Randall15 By Such Order and RhythmsJohn BehrAfterwordIndex

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).

• ContentsForewordAbout the Cover IllustrationNotes on ContributorsHuman Childhood and Adulthood in Theological Perspective: IntroductionIvana Noble1 Human Birth and Early Ecclesial MaturationOlga Lossky-Laham2 From Childhood to AdulthoodAleš Weiss3 Family Relations and EducationVáclav Ježek4 Transitions between Childhood and Adulthood in IslamMujadad Zaman5 The Formative Time of Being YoungViorel Coman6 Friendship and Its Formative RoleAthanasios N. Papathanasiou7 Maturity and FruitfulnessPavol Bargár8 Emancipation of the SubjectMichael Kirwan and Tim Noble9 The Impact of DisabilityPetre Maican10 Social Exclusion and Sexual AbusePetr Jandejsek11 The Aftermath of WrongdoingPieter De Witte12 ParenthoodKateřina Kočandrle Bauer13 Ageing GracefullyIvana Noble and Tim Noble14 Illness and DeathIan Randall15 By Such Order and RhythmsJohn BehrAfterwordIndex