Balthasar at End of Modernity
Author | : |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 1999-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 0567087042 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780567087041 |
Rating | : 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: With a Foreword by Fergus Kerr and an Afterword by Rowan WilliamsIn an age when theology appears fragmented as never before, this volume intends to show how von Balthasar is one of the very few contemporary theologians to have demonstrated how the patterns and resources of the Christian tradition have extraordinary pertinence today.The authors represent a new generation of Anglican theologians sympathetic to von Balthasar's thought, exploring it both in order to discover its fundamental dynamics and to see how it may be brought into new dialogues.The authors represent the 'Radical Orthodoxy' movement in Anglican theology, and are sympathetic to von Balthasar's thought, exploring it both in order to discover its fundamental dynamics and to see how it may be brought into new dialogues.