Karl Barth and Hans Urs von Balthasar

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-567-03191-4
Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 461 g

Karl Barth and Hans Urs von Balthasar are key figures in theological history

This study argues that von Balthasar's friendship with and study of Barth was a crucial influence in the emergence of his great theological trilogy.

Karl Barth and Hans Urs von Balthasar are two of the most important theologians of the last century. Although one being Reformed and the other Catholic, they kept a lifelong friendship which also influenced their theological work. The book argues for the crucial influence of von Balthasar's meeting with and study of Barth for the emergence of his own great theological trilogy, beginning with The Glory of the Lord, continuing with the Theo-Drama and concluding with the Theo-Logic. In particular it argues that it is von Balthasar's debate with Barth over the analogy of being which is to determine the shape of von Balthasar's subsequent theology, structured as it is around the transcendentals of being, the beautiful, the good and the true.

Zielgruppe

Academics, Libraries

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wigley, Stephen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte Theologenbiographien, Religiöse Führer
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1) No brief encounter: the relationship between Barth and von Balthasar
2) From dialectic to analogy: The Theology of Karl Barth
3) Beauty and Being: The Glory of the Lord
4) Participating in the action: the Theo-Drama
5) Speaking the truth in love: the Theo-Logic
6) Anselm: a case study in the approaches of Barth and von Balthasar
7) Epilogue & concluding reflections (inc. ‘Concluding Unscientific Postscript)

Über Autor(innen)

Revd. Dr. Stephen Wigley, MA (Oxon), MPhil and PhD (Birmingham) is Superintendent Minister of the Cardiff Methodist Circuit and part time lecturer and Trustee of St. Michael's College, UK, member of the Epworth Review editorial Panel, Convenor of the South Wales District Training Group and a former member of Methodist Faith & Order Committee.