The systematic thought of Hans Urs von Balthasar
Subtitle: an Irenaean retrieval
By: Kevin Mongrain.
Publisher: Crossroad
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
Subjects: Balthasar, Hans Urs von, 1905-
Description: "Is there a single driving force unifying the diverse writings of Hans Urs von Balthasar? Kevin Mongrain points to von Balthasar's retrieval of Irenaeus of Lyons. In Irenaeus, von Balthasar found inspiration for a genuinely Christian theology that resists the recurring danger of gnosticism while honoring the Mystery of God."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-240) and index.
"A Herder & Herder book."
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The systematic thought of Hans Urs von Balthasar; title: True gnosis and the corpus triforme; title: Creation and redemption; title: The old and new covenants; title: Christ and church; title: The making of modern gnosticism; title: Refuting ahistorical theologies of salvation history; title: Theodramatics and the doxological rule of resistance; title: Opening the possibility of internal critique.