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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460179803321

Autore

Peterson Paul Silas <1979->

Titolo

The early Hans Urs von Balthasar : historical contexts and intellectual formation / / Paul Silas Peterson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

3-11-037604-0

3-11-038725-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (398 p.)

Collana

Theologische Bibliothek Töpelmann, , 0563-4288 ; ; Volume 170

Disciplina

230/.2092

Soggetti

Electronic books

Theology and Religious Studies - Modern Christian Thinkers and Philosophers of Religion - Other 20th-Century Thinkers

Theology and Religious Studies - Systematic Theology and Philosophy of Religion - Systematic Theology

RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Short Titles and Abbreviations -- Historical Table -- Introduction and Historical Contexts -- Chapter One: Studies and early cultural criticism -- Chapter Two: Guardini, Goethe, Nietzsche and literature theology -- Chapter Three: The George-Kreis, myth and the Conservative Revolution -- Chapter Four: Volk, deutsche Seele and the "Staat-Kirche-Gesellschaft" totality -- Chapter Five: Nazi Germany and Stimmen der Zeit -- Chapter Six: Erich Przywara and Karl Barth -- Chapter Seven: The anti-modern anti-Semitic complex -- Chapter Eight: Renouveau Catholique, Neo-Scholasticism and Nouvelle Théologie -- Bibliography -- Name Index

Sommario/riassunto

Although Hans Urs von Balthasar's earliest publication is from 1925, and although he was a mature forty years old in 1945, there is a deficiency in the secondary literature regarding his early literature, its historical backgrounds and non-theological sources. In this study Balthasar is presented in relation to the various contexts in which he



was both drawing upon and responding to from the 1920's to the 1940's. The major contexts analyzed here are the broad central European Germanophone cultural context, the Germanophone Catholic cultural context, the German studies context, the French Catholic renewal literature and theology of the early 20th-century, the popular journal Stimmen der Zeit, Neo-Scholasticism, early 20th-century French Catholic culture, Swiss fascism, National Socialist literature, the Renouveau Catholique, the George-Kreis and many others. Balthasar's early anti-Semitism and some of the problematic aspects of his early work are also addressed in this study. His understanding of the modern age, his relationships with some key intellectual figures and his later reflections on his early work are also introduced. The book offers a comprehensive study of Balthasar's early intellectual development.