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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829093503321

Autore

Nichols Aidan

Titolo

Divine fruitfulness : a guide through Balthasar's theology beyond the trilogy / Aidan Nichols

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Catholic University of America Press, 2007

ISBN

0-567-66068-0

1-283-19994-7

9786613199942

0-567-47530-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (373 p.)

Collana

Introduction to Hans Urs von Balthasar

Disciplina

230/.2092

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published : Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, c2007.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 345) and indexes

Nota di contenuto

Introduction to the wider oeuvre -- Sources -- Divine predecessors : the Fathers of the Church -- Divine mentor : Henri de Lubac -- Divine interlocutor : Karl Barth -- Divine helpmate : Adrienne von Speyr -- Themes -- Divine conceiving : revelation and theology -- Divine providing : time and history -- Divine climax : the Paschal mystery -- Divine society : the Church -- Divine handmaid : the mother of the Lord -- Divine missions : the saints -- Living : prayer and mysticism -- Divine telling : on Christian literature -- Conclusion: fruitful reflection

Introduction -- 1. Divine Beginnings: Music -- 2. Divine Beginnings: Art and Religion -- 3. Divine Beginnings: Theology -- 4. Divine Discontent: German Thought and Letters -- 5. Divine Predecessors: The Fathers of the Church -- 6. Divine Interlocutor: Karl Barth -- 7. Divine Helpmate: Adrienne von Speyr -- 8. Divine Preparing: The Elder Covenant -- 9. Divine Providing: Time and History -- 10. Divine Climax: The Paschal Mystery -- 11. Divine Society: The Church, Our Lady, The Saints -- 12. Divine Living: Prayer and the Religious Life -- 13. Divine Telling: On Christian Literature -- 14. Conclusion: Fruitful Reflection -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Hans Urs von Balthasar is emerging as a colossus of twentieth-century theology. More and more of his works are being translated. But as yet



he is mainly known only through his great multi-volume trilogy 'Glory', 'Theo-Drama' and Theo-Logic'. Aidan Nichols has treated each part of the trilogy and the early works in his widely acclaimed 'Introduction to Hans Urs von Balthasar'. In this final volume he explores all von Balthasar's later works. Many of these works are extremely important, although several are as yet untranslated and several as yet almost unknown. Nichols ranges widely and comprehensively, from journal articles to his major works, such as 'Apokalypse der deutschen Seele', to his final short works. The result is a wholly new perspective on von Balthasar, a contextualising of his trilogy and an illumination of his whole life and work