The aim of this paper is a reading into Pannenberg`s theological anthropology, by systematizing the theme and demonstrating, through the aforesaid author, that the religious dimension is an essential constitutive of the human being. The background of the paper is modernity - man situated in a modern context. In a first moment, the study discusses the person´s spiritual and corporeal dimensions, pointing out their mutual integration, specifically in Christian biblical context. The essay inquires into the theme of the human being, embedding it in the context of social relations, showing the tension existing between the individual and society - openness and seclusion. In a second moment, the study points out freedom as an indispensable constitutive of the human and of true subjectivity. It is in the experience of freedom that it is possible to speak about man as conscience. Freedom as well as transcendence are presuppositions for man`s religious dimension; transcendence expresses man´s movement in his life as a spirit; it also constitutes the movement of history, especially in the Christian vision of man and history. This paper shows man as openness to God, and evinces the theological basis for such argumentation. This is where the study develops the theme of man as image and likeness of God in Pannenberg´s thought, and the relation between this imago Dei and the world. At this point, the paper faces the question about validity of the religious dimension, and the idea of trust and openness in religious context, so as to situate the person as a religious identity. Finally the study reaches its foundation on Jesus Christ. Jesus is the prototype of the human; he is the foundation of our freedom and its goal. Jesus is the one who reconciles man with God and with himself; in Jesus, man finds his plenitude as eschatological hope.