The holy Trinity
Subtitle: Hans Urs Von Balthasar and his sources
By: Katy Leamy
Publisher: Pickwick Publications
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Eugene, Oregon
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
ISBN-13: 9781625647306
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: History of doctrines; Criticism and interpretation; Trinity
Description: "This book explores the ways in which Balthasar employs and adapts the thought of Sergei Bulgakov with the Trinitarian theology of Thomas Aquinas to form a kenotic Trinitarian theology that is based on the notion of Personhood as a relation of self-donating love. When we look at Balthasar's Trinitarian theology in light of Bulgakov, and particularly as a rereading of Bulgakov in light of a Thomistic Trinitarian theology, we are not only able to more clearly understand the implications of Balthasar's own Trinitarian theology but also to highlight the beauty and relevance of Bulgakov's Trinitarian contribution. This reading of Balthasar's Trinitarian theology, read in light of a Thomistic adjustment of Bulgakov, provides an excellent point of integration for an ethics that takes into account not only individual virtues and perfection but also the social/relational context of human personhood. This ethics is based in a concept of human nature bearing the imago Trinitatis and fulfilling that nature through sacramental participation and ethical extension of Christ's self-offering love." --
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-172) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: How do you solve a problem like Sophia?; title: Thomas Aquinas on triune relation; title: Balthasar's appropriation of Thomas; title: Emptiness vs. effigies: christology and the descent into hell; title: Ethics as participation in relation; title: Conclusion.