Historical contexts and intellectual formation 2015 j. It is quite clear that anyone who practices theology as a member of the church must profess the churchs creed and the theology implicit in it, both formally and materially. A truth that is merely handed on, without being thought anew from its very foundations, has lost its vital power. He was also the spiritual leader of a religious community in basel, switzerland. At the heart of the churchs faith in the real presence of christ in the sacrament of the eucharist is a grateful acknowledgment that christ has communicated the very substance of his life to the. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Balthasar argues that hell is a real possibility, however, there is good reason to hope that in the end, all people may be saved. This kenotic pathway to agency is placed in contrast to balthasar s concept of original sin as an attempt by humanity to achieve agency on their. In this insightful new study, brendan mcinerny fills this gap, situating balthasar s trinitarian theology in conversation both with the wider christian theological. The spiritual and cultural traditions of vast regions of the west are increasingly being called into question. He studied in vienna, berlin, and zurich, and completed his doctorate in german literature in 1928. Since the question about being as such is the basic question of. Incredibly prolific and diverse, he wrote over one hundred books and hundreds of articles.
Balthasar states this more or less succinctly in his theologic. It is the purpose of this article to introduce some of the themes of balthasars work. Project muse dare we hope that all men be saved 1 tim 2. Souza balthasar s theology is presented in his theodramatik as the interplay of gods infinite freedom and mans created, finite freedom in a drama that takes. Following is a collection of articles from all sides critiquing balthasar s thought. What you are is gods gift to you, what you become is your gift to god. Theologic is a variation of theology, it being about not so much what man says about god, but what god speaks about himself. He wrote over 60 works of theology, spirituality and philosophy, including his great trilogy.
A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Hans christian schmidbaur balthasars trinitatslehre heilsgeschichtliche theologik aus theodramatik, oder nur schnode. Named a cardinal by pope john paul ii, he died shortly before being formally inducted into the college of cardinals. As a young man, he had considered a career in music or literature, and he was an accomplished pianist. The former, a roman catholic, is famed for his preoccupation with the. Kevin unpicks why that is not quite right and connects with what balthasar has to say about protestantism. Volume ii offers a series of studies of figures from the earlier period of christian theology irenaeus, augustine, denys, anselm, and bonaventura. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the christian and anxiety. It offers an account of the death and resurrection of christ, and their significance for the christian life.
The award in 1987 of the wolfgang amadeus mozart prize in innsbruck was the rounding off of a life whose secret passion had been music. Una estetica teologica, encuentro, madrid, 19851989 7 vols. Posing the question we are living in a time when the images of gods and idols are crashing all about us. This dissertation argues that balthasar views kenotic spiritual practice as the pathway to achieve true human agency. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want.
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content margaret m. The book is thoroughly christological and that thick foundation makes the book and prayer come alive. His faithvision advocates the whole instead of the part, the synthetic rather than the analytic. Named a cardinal by pope john paul ii, he died shortly before being formally inducted into the coll. Or, put less sensationally, did he exhibit poor judgment and unwittingly. This book examines balthasar s engagement with protestantism, primarily in the persons of martin luther and karl barth, a topic which has not yet been given the attention it deserves. That all men may be saved with a short discourse on hell, is an excellent introduction into the question universal salvation. Balthasar studied philosophy at the universities of. Not if a universalist is one who claims for certain all men will be saved. For balthasar, there can be no theologian who is not at the same time a metaphysician. Balthasar discusses the bodiliness of the resurrection from the radical death of jesus, involving his descent into the place. That is, balthasar does not spend a great deal of his metaphysical reflections differentiating causality, as in aristotle, or discussing the abolition of metaphysics, as is. Incredibly prolific and diverse, he wrote over 100 books and hundreds of articles.
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