“Creation is Incarnation”: Similarity and Difference in Hans Urs von Balthasar's Christology and Theology of Theosis
I analyze how “creation is incarnation” in alternative readings of Maximus, particularly focusing on differing visions of how similarity/identity and dissimilarity/difference function in Christology and theosis. I consider Jordan Daniel Wood's diagnosis of Maximus interpretations and his altern...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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Pro ecclesia
Year: 2024, Volume: 33, Issue: 4, Pages: 356-373 |
| Further subjects: | B
Theology
B Christology B Maximus the Confessor B Analogia Entis B Theosis B Hans Urs Von Balthasar |
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| Summary: | I analyze how “creation is incarnation” in alternative readings of Maximus, particularly focusing on differing visions of how similarity/identity and dissimilarity/difference function in Christology and theosis. I consider Jordan Daniel Wood's diagnosis of Maximus interpretations and his alternative reading of Maximus in order to set-up an in-depth reading of Hans Urs von Balthasar. Balthasar's account of similarity and difference is richly textured, including key components of his trinitarian theology, Christology, and theosis. I draw these components into one place and show how Maximus and other theologians whom Balthasar engages influence his Christo-logic of similarity and difference. At minimum, this account casts doubt on the assertion that the analogia entis is an independent principle that Balthasar justifies in his Christology. More positively, I argue that Balthasar offers a theology of creaturely divinization that layers hypostatic, ousianic, and trinitarian logic and that building blocks in Balthasar's account are inspired by Maximus's Christology. |
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| ISSN: | 2631-8334 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Pro ecclesia
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/10638512251374701 |
