Theology and the drama of history
How can theology think and talk about history? Building on the work of the major twentieth-century theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar as well as entering into sharp critical debate with him, this book sets out to examine the value and the potential of a 'theodramatic' conception of history....
| Subtitles: | Theology & the Drama of History |
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2005.
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| In: | Year: 2005 |
| Series/Journal: | Cambridge studies in Christian doctrine
13 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Theodrama
B Salvation-history / Theology of history B Analogia entis / Theological cognition theory |
| Further subjects: | B
History
Religious aspects
Christianity
B Balthasar, Hans Urs Von (1905-1988) Theodrama B Religion and drama B Balthasar, Hans Urs von ; 1905-1988 ; Theodramatik B History ; Religious aspects ; Christianity |
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| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
Print version: 9780521844345 |
| Summary: | How can theology think and talk about history? Building on the work of the major twentieth-century theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar as well as entering into sharp critical debate with him, this book sets out to examine the value and the potential of a 'theodramatic' conception of history. By engaging in dialogue not only with theologians and philosophers like von Balthasar, Hegel and Barth, but with poets and dramatists such as the Greek tragedians, Shakespeare and Gerard Manley Hopkins, the book makes its theological principles open and indebted to literary forms, and seeks to show how such a theology might be applied to a world intrinsically and thoroughly historical. By contrast with theologies that stand back from the contingencies of history and so fight shy of the uncertainties and openness of Christian existence, this book's theology is committed to taking seriously the God who works in time. Dramatizing theology -- Freedom and indifference -- Epic history and the question of tragedy -- Eschatology and the existential register -- Analogy's unaccountable scaffolding -- Theodramatics, history, and the Holy Spirit |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| ISBN: | 0511487819 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511487811 |