The Glory of the Lord: A Theological Aesthetics, Vol. 1: Seeing the Form [Hardcover ed.] 0898700310, 9780898700312

The work opens with a critical review of developments in Protestant and Catholic Theology since the Reformation which ha

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The Glory of the Lord: A Theological Aesthetics, Vol. 1: Seeing the Form [Hardcover ed.]
0898700310, 9780898700312

In this final volume of his great work, von Balthasar reflects on the New Testament vision of God's revelation of h

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offers a series of earlier Christian theology when the aesthetic view was still held and appreciated. Drawing insights f

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Hans Urs von Balthasar A continuation of monographs in Volume II in which the aesthetical dimension of theology, its int

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In this second volume on the metaphysical traditions of the West, von Balthasar presents a series of studies of represen

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In this fourth volume of his magnnum opus, von Balthasar considers the metaphysical tradition of the contemplation of Be

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Arguing that Western power is both "government" and "glory," this book reveals the "theological

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Against the assumption that aesthetic form relates to a harmonious arrangement of parts into a beautiful whole, this boo

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This volume examines what it means to proceed in the path of wisdom by beginning with fear of God, that is, mindfulness

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Kathryn B. Alexander argues that natural beauty is a source of religious insight into the need and way of salvation, and

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