Tragedy and the Ethics of Hans Urs von Balthasar

The goodness in many people's lives is often obscured by the limitations and brokenness which mark those same lives. The saint as moral icon, in which the moral beauty of the individual is clearly visible to all, cannot be the exclusive paradigm of Christian holiness. The kind of obscurity effe...

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Main Author: Steck, Christopher W. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Society of Christian Ethics 2001
In: The annual of the Society of Christian Ethics
Year: 2001, Volume: 21, Pages: 233-250
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