The Cambridge companion to Hans Urs von Balthasar

Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905–1988) is one of the most prolific, creative and wide-ranging theologians of the twentieth century who is just now coming to prominence. But because of his own daring speculations about the meaning of Christ's descent into hell after the crucifixion, about the unique...

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Subtitles:Hans Urs von Balthasar
Contributors: Oakes, Edward T. 1948-2013 (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge, UK [u.a.] Cambridge Univ. Press 2004
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Reviews:The Cambridge Companion to Hans Urs von Balthasar. Edited by Edward T. Oakes, SJ and David Moss. Pp. xviii + 282. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. isbn 0 521 81467 7 and 89147 7. Hardback £45/70; paper £16.99/25 (2005) (Horne, Brian, 1939 -)
The Cambridge companion to Hans Urs von Balthasar. Edited by T. Oakes and David Moss. (Cambridge Companions to Religion.) Pp. xviii+282. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. £45 (cloth), £16.99 (paper). 0 521 81467 7; 0 521 89147 7 (2006) (Erp, Stephan van, 1966 -)
Series/Journal:Cambridge companions to religion
The Cambridge Companions to Philosophy, Religion and Culture
Cambridge Collections Online
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Balthasar, Hans Urs von 1905-1988
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Balthasar, Hans Urs Von (1905-1988)
B Balthasar, Hans Urs von ; 19 ; 5-1988
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Summary:Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905–1988) is one of the most prolific, creative and wide-ranging theologians of the twentieth century who is just now coming to prominence. But because of his own daring speculations about the meaning of Christ's descent into hell after the crucifixion, about the uniqueness of Christ as savior of a pluralistic world, and because he draws so many of his resources for his theology from literature, drama, and philosophy, Balthasar has never been an easily-categorized theologian. He is neither liberal nor conservative, neither Thomist nor modernist and he seems to elude all attempts to capture the exact way he creatively reinterprets the tradition of Christian thought. For that reason, this Companion is singularly welcome bringing together a wide range of theologians both to outline and to assess the work of someone whom history will surely rank someday with Origen, John Calvin, and Karl Barth.
Revelation / Larry Chapp -- Christology / Mark A. McIntosh -- Balthasar and the trinity / Rowan Williams Archbishop of Canterbury -- For the life of the world: Hans Urs von Balthasar on the Church as Eucharist / Nicholas Healy, David L. Schindler -- Balthasar and the figure of Mary / Lucy Gardner -- The saints / David Moss -- One sex or two? Balthasar's theology of the sexes / Corrinne Crammer -- Eschatology / Geoffrey Wainwright -- The theological aesthetics / Oliver Davies -- The theo-drama / Ben Quash -- The theo-logic / Aiden Nichols -- Balthasar's biblical hermeneutics / W.T. Dickens -- Balthasar's reading of the Church Fathers / Brian E. Daley -- Balthasar's literary criticism / Ed Block, Jr -- Balthasar and metaphysics / Fergus Kerr -- Balthasar and Karl Barth / John Webster -- Balthasar and Karl Rahner / Karen Kilby -- Envoi: the future of Balthasarian theology / Edward T. Oakes
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 275 - 278) and index
ISBN:0521891477
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/CCOL0521814677