Balthasar [[electronic resource] ] : a guide for the perplexed / / Rodney Howsare

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910785225503321
• Autore: Howsare Rodney
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : T & T Clark, c2009
• ISBN: 1-282-86790-3; 9786612867903; 0-567-10104-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (199 p.)
• Collana: Guides for the perplexed
• Disciplina: 230.2092
• Soggetti: Theology, Doctrinal
• 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: Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter One: Balthasar: The Man and His Place in Twentieth-Century Thought; Chapter Two: Balthasar's Method: Background and History; Chapter Three: Balthasar's Theological Style; Chapter Four: Jesus Christ and the Meaning of Scripture; Chapter Five: Jesus Christ and the Drama of Finite and Infinite Freedom; Chapter Six: The Trinity and the Cross; Chapter Seven: Balthasar's Ongoing Role in Theology; Notes; Bibliography; Suggestions for Further Reading; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Balthasar's thought, if it is anything, is perplexing, and it is perplexing for a number of reasons. In this Guide for the Perplexed, Rodney Howsare gives the reader a handle on these perplexing aspects of Balthasar's thought. In the first chapter he introduces the reader to the man and his unique method of doing theology. He then moves on to explaining the basic structure and nature of the trilogy: the aesthetics, dramatics and logic. He then deals with various theological topics: Jesus Christ, The Trinity, The Drama of Redemption, The Church and Mary, and The Last Things. A final chapter