In contemporary theological research on childhood, there is considerable interest on the social agency of children. This interest is situated within a global concern for the dignity of children as complex human beings, propelled by the articulation of their participatory rights in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). This turn to children and childhood in contemporary theology, I argue, points us to the need for an anthropology of relational belonging that holds out a space for children as agents. I mine the Lasallian tradition to critically retrieve such a communal anthropology that situates the agency of children as learners in a relation of vulnerable belonging to others as God’s children and siblings-in-Christ. An implication that arises from this is the importance for religious educators to consider more intentionally the communal dimension of their work in creating a more just world with and for children, promoting their human flourishing.

在当代有关儿童期的神学研究中，对儿童的社会活动能力有相当大的兴趣。这种利益正受到全球对儿童作为一个复杂人的尊严的关注，这是由于在《联合国儿童权利公约》（UNCRC）中明确表达了他们的参与权所推动的。我认为，这转向当代神学中的儿童和童年，这表明我们需要一种关系归属的人类学，该人类学为儿童充当代理提供了空间。我挖掘拉萨尔人的传统来批判性地检索这样的一种公共人类学，它把儿童作为学习者的组织置于与上帝的孩子和基督的兄弟姐妹等弱势群体的关系上。以和为儿童，促进其人类繁荣。