The Early Hans Urs Von Balthasar: Historical Contexts and Intellectual Formation
Hans Urs von Balthasar is an important figure on the landscape of 20th-century theology. While much has been written on his later work, less attention has been given to his early work. In this study Balthasar is presented in relation to the features of his time, to his cultural, sociopolitical, eccl...
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Berlin/Boston
De Gruyter, Inc.
2015
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Reviews: | The Early Hans Urs von Balthasar. Historical Contexts and Intellectual Formation (2016) (Pattison, George, 1950 -)
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| Series/Journal: | Theologische Bibliothek Töpelmann Ser
v.170 |
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Balthasar, Hans Urs von ; 1905-1988
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| Summary: | Hans Urs von Balthasar is an important figure on the landscape of 20th-century theology. While much has been written on his later work, less attention has been given to his early work. In this study Balthasar is presented in relation to the features of his time, to his cultural, sociopolitical, ecclesial and theological contexts. Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Short Titles and Abbreviations -- Historical Table -- Introduction and Historical Contexts -- 1. Overview of the chapters and secondary literature -- 2. General historical contexts -- 3. Germanophone Catholicism -- Chapter One: Studies and early cultural criticism -- 1. Balthasar's studies -- 2. Entwicklung der musikalischen Idee (1925) -- 3. Cultural criticism and generational framework -- Chapter Two: Guardini, Goethe, Nietzsche and literature theology -- 1. Guardini and the "Christian worldview" -- 2. Guardini and Goethe -- 3. Nietzsche and life-philosophy -- Chapter Three: The George-Kreis, myth and the Conservative Revolution -- 1. Stefan George and the George-Kreis -- 2. Myth in Apokalypse (1937-1939) and Irenäus (1943) -- 3. Derleth, Küng, Raeber and the Balthasar-Kreis -- Chapter Four: Volk, deutsche Seele and the "Staat-Kirche-Gesellschaft" totality -- 1. Swiss fascism and Julius Schmidhauser (1934) -- 2. Deutschtum, Christentum and die deutsche Seele -- 3. Writings from the 1930s and early 1940s -- Chapter Five: Nazi Germany and Stimmen der Zeit -- 1. National Socialism, Catholicism and Stimmen der Zeit -- 2. The journal and its ideological context (1933-1941) -- 3. Balthasar's reviews, articles and review essays -- Chapter Six: Erich Przywara and Karl Barth -- 1. The "great Father Przywara" -- 2. Barth reception -- 3. The Barth-Balthasar relationship -- Chapter Seven: The anti-modern anti-Semitic complex -- 1. Rilke reception in 1932 and in 1940 -- 2. Writings from the 1930s and 1940s -- 3. Historical contextualization and analysis -- Chapter Eight: Renouveau Catholique, Neo-Scholasticism and Nouvelle Théologie -- 1. The Renouveau Catholique, Speyr and Rahner -- 2. Neo-Scholasticism, Nouvelle Théologie and Lubac -- 3. Présence et Pensée (1942), Wahrheit (1947) and Rahner -- Conclusion -- Bibliography. |
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| ISBN: | 3110376040 |