Hans Urs Von Balthasar
His Life and Work
Edited by David L.Schindler
This collection of essays, gathered
under the auspices of Communio editors, represents the most wide-ranging
study of the life and work of Bal-thasar. The twenty contributors
include highly respected theologians, philosophers and bishops
from around the world such as Henri Cardinal de Lubac, S.J.,
Walter Kasper, Louis Dupre, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, and Pope
John Paul II.
WORD AND SILENCE
Hans Urs von Balthasar
and the Spiritual Encounter between East and West
Gawronski, S J Raymond
A comprehensive study of the relevance of von Balthasars
work for one of the most important cultural events of our time:
the encounter of Christianity with Asia.
'This is an important contribution to an urgent issue confronting
the contemporary Church. Von Balthasar identifies Buddhism as
one of the great challenges facing Chrisitianity today. Gawronski's
book is a stimulating exercise in Catholic apologetics which
offers a provocative response to this challenge.'
Tina Beattie, Epworth
Review
THE BEAUTY OF CHRIST
An Introduction to the
Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar
Gregor, Bede anMcd Norris,
Thomas (Eds)
A guide for the reader interested in the beauty, drama and logic
of the Christian Faith and in von Balthasars vision for
the third millennium.
THE WORD HAS BEEN ABROAD
A Guide Through Balthasars
Aesthetics
Nichols OP, Aidan
The publication of Hans Urs von Balthasar's seven-volume The
Glory of the Lord established von Balthasar as one of the greatest
and most influential Catholic theologians of the twentieth-century.
In its very extent and range, Glory's rich theological aesthetics
is understandably difficult to assimilate. Aidan Nichols, one
of Britain's most accomplished and lucid theological writers,
succeeds in summarising and illuminating the essential theological
content of Balthasar's monumental work against the background
of the living Christian tradition to which it bears such impressive
witness. His book provides the key to an understanding of one
of the most difficult but important writers of our time.
'an authoritative and symphathetic introduction to Balthasar...'
The Rt Revd Peter Forster, Bishop of Chester, Church Times
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THE VON BALTHASAR
READER
Translated by R.J. Daly and F. Lawrence
Edited by M. Kehl and W. Loser
A selection of 112 representative
texts affording a comprehensive view of the key themes of von
Balthasars life and work.
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A SPIRITUAL THEOLOGY OF
THE PRIESTHOOD
The Mystery of Christ
and the Mission of the Priest
Power, Dermot
Hans Urs von Balthasar's writings
have pastoral implications that even now are barely recognised
and hardly developed. Here a pastorally experienced theologian,
who knew von Balthasar personally, unfolds this pastoral dimension
for the first time. Integrating Christology and Ecclesiology
with the profound spirituality that for von Balthasar is inseparable
from authentic theology, Fr Power demonstrates the paradoxical
grandeur and weakness of the Catholic priesthood. He highlights
the roles of the Catholic priest as servant, bridegroom, shepherd,
victim, teacher, prophet, celebrant and minister of reconciliation.
At a time when many priests feel their identity called into question,
this book offers new hope for the renewal of the priesthood in
the Catholic Church.
THE ANALOGY OF BEAUTY
The Theology of Hans Urs
von Balthasar
Riches, John (Ed.)
Examines the whole range of von Balthasars theology and
provides a clear introduction to his work.
RESSOURCEMENT: RETRIEVAL
AND RENEWAL IN CATHOLIC THOUGHT
HANS URS VON BALTHASAR
A Theological Style
Scola, Angelo
Translated by John Tedeschi
Bishop Angelo Scola introduces the distinctive form which shapes
von Balthasar's theology and is the key to his theological vision.
David L. Schindler
THE HEROIC FACE OF
INNOCENCE
Three Stories
By Bernanos, Georges
Georges Bernanos was the author of
the modern literary and religious classic, Diary of a Country
Priest, in which he explored the Christian mystery of redemption
through love. According to Hans Urs von Balthasar, Bernanos is
a key figure for our times in the relationship between theology
and literature. In this selection of Bernanos most significant
works Joan: Heretic and Saint, Sermon of an Agnostic on
the Feast of St Thérèse, and Dialogues of the Carmelites
we find theological and psychological insight interwoven
with a profound sense of historical drama: a masterly exploration
of heroic innocence in a group of extraordinary Christian women.
BALTHASAR AT THE END OF
MODERNITY
Gardner, Lucy, Moss,
David, Quash, Ben and Ward, Graham
With a Foreword by Fergus Kerr and an Afterword by Rowan Williams
In an age when theology appears fragmented as never before, this
volume intends to show how von Balthasar is one of the very few
contemporary theologians to have demonstrated how the patterns
and resources of the Christian tradition have extraordinary pertinence
today. The authors represent a new generation of Anglican theologians
sympathetic to von Balthasars thought, exploring it both
in order to discover its fundamental dynamics and to see how
it may be brought into new dialogues.
'Framed by Fergus Kerr's urbane positioning of Balthasar's theology
in relation to neo-scholasticism and the nouvelle théologie,
and Rowan William's masterful meditation on the difficulty of
thinking difference, and situated neither for nor against, but
within Balthasar's heady theology, the three extended essays
in this book offer richly complex and fascinatingly convergent
reflections on the drama of the gendered body as divine analogy.
They are the fruit of a new theology for a new millennium, after
modernity, espying in the temporalities of the flesh the gift
and promise of the trinitarian life, that re-enchants the world
and lights up the sky.'
Dr Gerard Loughlin,
University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
NO BLOODLESS MYTH
A Guide Through Balthasar's
Dramatics
Nichols OP, Aidan
Following his acclaimed Guide Through Balthasar's Aesthetics,
Aidan Nichols summarizes and illuminates the five volume series
Theo-Drama, which develops the heart of Balthasar's theological
theory - his exploration of the Good and of the dramatic interplay
of finite and infinite freedom. Theo-Drama builds upon the earlier
achievement of The Glory of the Lord and transcends it, opening
up new horizons for theological and cultural reflection in the
twenty-first century. Aidan Nichols' succinct commentary enables
the reader to grasp the main themes of one of the most important
theological works in several generations. Available December
1999.
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