Glory of the Lord VOL 1: Seeing The Form

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A&C Black, Jan 1, 1982 - Religion - 692 pages
opens with a critical review of developments in Protestant and Catholic theology since the Reformation which have led to the steady neglect of aesthetics in Christian theology. Then, von Balthasar turns to the central theme of the volume, the question of theological knowledge. He re-examines the nature of Christian believing, drawing widely on such theological figures as Anselm, Pascal and Newman.
 

Contents

Foreword
9
Point of Departure and Concerns
17
The Aesthetic Measure
34
A Protestant Theological Aesthetics
57
From an Aesthetic Theology to a Theological
79
The Task and the Structure of a Theological
117
A THE LIGHT OF FAITH
131
B THE EXPERIENCE OF FAITH
219
A THE NEED FOR AN OBJECTIVE FORM OF REVELATION
429
B THE FORM OF REVELATION 435
435
As Revelation in Hiddenness
441
CHRIST THE CENTRE OF THE FORM OF REVELATION
463
Quality
481
THE MEDIATION OF THE FORM
527
The Medium of the Church
556
E THE ATTESTATION OF THE FORM
605

Experience
257
In the Fathers
264
In the Middle Ages
284
Archetypal Experience
301
The Spiritual Senses
365
The Testimony of History
619
The Testimony of the Cosmos
660
F ESCHATOLOGICAL REDUCTION
679
Index of Names
685
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Hans Urs von Balthasar was the author of innumerable theological works including The Glory of the Lord (T&T Clark). He was also the spiritual leader of a religious community in Basel, Switzerland.

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