Relating the Theologies of Hans Urs von Balthasar and Bernard Lonergan on Divine Action in the World
Hans Urs von Balthasar and Bernard Lonergan can seem to be quite at odds in their approach to trinitarian theology. However, there have been recent efforts to relate the two theologians favourably. The present author suggests such an effort on the basis of the First Vatican Council’s teaching on hum...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2016]
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Irish theological quarterly
Year: 2016, Volume: 81, Issue: 3, Pages: 267-283 |
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Lonergan, Bernard J. F. 1904-1984
/ Balthasar, Hans Urs von 1905-1988
/ Trinity
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDB Roman Catholic Church NBC Doctrine of God |
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| Summary: | Hans Urs von Balthasar and Bernard Lonergan can seem to be quite at odds in their approach to trinitarian theology. However, there have been recent efforts to relate the two theologians favourably. The present author suggests such an effort on the basis of the First Vatican Council’s teaching on human understanding and divine mystery. Balthasar’s and Lonergan’s approaches to achieve some beneficial understanding of the Trinity can be related as complementary: Lonergan’s psychological analogy and Balthasar’s connection of the economic and immanent Trinity. Besides that, the two authors can be viewed as comparable even in areas that seem opposed, for example, the anthropological method of openness to the transcendent. Perhaps Balthasar might even be open to Lonergan’s later development of the psychological analogy. On the other hand, from the perspective of Bernard Lonergan’s theology, some nuances to Balthasar’s theology can be offered: (1) to the meaning of divine kenosis, (2) regarding the Father’s attitude toward his Son who descends into hell, and (3) in the matter of change, even suffering, in God. |
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| ISSN: | 1752-4989 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Irish theological quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0021140016643775 |