Chalcedonian personalism : rethinking the human /
Patterson, Colin(Theologian),author.
This book explores Joseph Ratzinger's and Hans Urs von Balthasar's theological understanding of personhood in relation to human nature, which was grounded in the early Church's teaching on Christ and the Trinity. Making use of recent psychological theory, it explores the numerous possibilities opened up by Ratzinger's and Bathasar's work.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I. Chalcedonian personalism. ch. 1. Personhood: beginning with Christ -- ch. 2. Sources of contemporary personalism -- ch. 3. Key expressions of personalist thought in the twentieth century -- ch. 4. Chalcedonian personalism: its emergence and shape -- Part II. Chalcedonian anthropology. ch. 5. The anthropology of personhood: an introduction and overview. -- ch. 6. Human nature: the foundations -- ch. 7. human nature: its motivational structure --  ch. 8. Semblants, nature and persons -- ch. 9. Case study I: free will -- ch. 10. Case study II: the soul -- ch. 11: The scriptures through the lens of Chalcedonian anthropology.
This book explores Joseph Ratzinger's and Hans Urs von Balthasar's theological understanding of personhood in relation to human nature, which was grounded in the early Church's teaching on Christ and the Trinity. Making use of recent psychological theory, it explores the numerous possibilities opened up by Ratzinger's and Bathasar's work.
Benedict XVI, Pope, 1927-
Balthasar, Hans Urs von, 1905-1988.
Balthasar, Hans Urs von, 1905-1988
Benedict XVI, Pope, 1927-
Personalism.
Theological anthropology.
Theological anthropology.
Personalism.