Hans Urs von Balthasar
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An attempt at developing a Balthasarian political theology drawing on Balthasar's understudied 1953 work on the anti-Nazi poet Reinhold Schneider.
In this article, I read von Balthasar's theology for what it has to say about the interaction of grace and power in history. By doing so, I draw attention to the resources given by this supposedly conservative theologian for an incipient... more
Reading Thomas Joseph White’s The Incarnate Lord is a very great pleasure. His carefully argued and measured theology draws on the thinking of St. Thomas Aquinas in original and fruitful ways. As a lover of the theology of Hans Urs von... more
"Indeed the mystery of Christ runs the risk of being disbelieved precisely because it is so incredibly wonderful."-- Cyril, the Pillar of Faith The concept and doctrine of kenosis as it was expounded in the writings of Origen,... more
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Hans Urs von Balthasar (Lucerna 1905 - Basilea 1988) è stato uno dei più importanti e influenti teologi del XX sec., soprattutto per aver realizzato unʼestetica teologica che ha prodotto una svolta estetica nella riflessione teologica. La... more
Since the 2002 exposure of the extent of the sex abuse cover-up by elements within the Catholic Church, Catholics must come to a renewed appreciation of Augustine’s refutation of the Donatists and defence of the principle that Christ’s... more
La reflexión teológica sobre el hecho histórico de la muerte en cruz de Jesús de Nazaret vivió una fecunda renovación gracias al pensamiento de los teólogos –tanto protestantes como católicos– del siglo XX. La finalidad de esta obra es... more
Extraits de : Antoine Birot, Chemin de croix trinitaire avec Hans Urs von Balthasar et Adrienne von Speyr, préface de Mgr André Léonard, postface d'Olivier Boulnois, Salvator, Paris, 2013, 96p.
Para el teólogo Hans Urs von Balthasar, una estética teológica es la aproximación pertinente para acercarnos a lo esencial de la experiencia religiosa. Este texto señala cercanías entre este planteamiento y la fenomenología de Edmund... more
Deus em pessoas, Theologica, Edições Loyola, 2021.
Dieu en personnes, collection Cogitatio Fidei, Paris 2015. Participant du renouveau de la théologie trinitaire en France, cet ouvrage fondamental et novateur propose de repenser entièrement le concept de personne, en s’inscrivant... more
The article examines the question of the Mariological interpretation of the eight beatitudes contained in Mt 5:3-10. Christian theologians of all ages, from Clement of Alexandria to the authors of contemporary biblical commentaries, have... more
In 2002, just a few months after receiving my PhD, the San Paolo editions published my thesis with the title Teologia della modernità. Percorsi e Figure (San Paolo, Cinisello Balsamo 2002). The volume was out of print in a couple of years... more
This thesis loactes a Christian rationale for human well-being in relation to the doctrine of the triune God. Specifically, this theological inquiry examines the triune God’s work in, and for, creation with a view to identifying the... more
This essay will examine Mary under the rubric of her poverty. Her poverty, I will argue, is exemplary for the poverty of the body, and neither Mary nor the body can be understood properly without understanding poverty. In this essay, I... more
This innovative book aims to create a 'poetics of Church' and a 'religious imaginary' as alternatives to more institutional and conventional ways of thinking and being 'Church'. Structured as a spiritual and literary journey, the work... more
Der Beitrag zeigt wie sehr der Grundgedanke vom Papst Franziskus in vielen Komponenten symphonisch mit dem von Balthasar ist. Zwischen beiden gibt es eine bedeutende theologische Harmonie. Der Text beleuchtet wie zwei Grundkonzepte von... more
Benedict XVI referred in a homily to the relation between creation and covenant with the formula created by Karl Barth in his Church Dogmatics. Taking occasion on this, the aim of the present study is to analyze the first reception of... more
Ethics, in the way it is defined by the philosopher Emmanuel Levinas as the privilege given to the otherness (or alterity) of the other, should challenge Christian theology even in its method. If we see christological revelation as a... more
An underdeveloped exegetical/theological look at Ezekiel 43:1-7, completed for a Catholic seminary scripture class on the prophets.
This essay, presents an explanation and an evaluation of Hans Urs Von Balthasar’s understanding of Faith and his conceptualization of ‘Revelation as Absolute Love’ from his book, ‘Love Alone: The Way of Revelation’, (Surrey: Sheed & Ward,... more
Questa traduzione è stata realizzata da Ida Soldini. Il testo è liberamente riproducibile, a condizione che se ne citi la fonte. La paginazione indicata all’interno del testo segue l’edizione tedesca del Johannes Verlag Einsiedeln... more
Il s'agit de la communication donnée à l'occasion du colloque Theodoc à Strasbourg (16 novembre 2019). Elle présente l'avancée de mes recherches dans le cadre du doctorat préparé à l'institut catholique de Paris sous la direction du... more
The “Bargello Diptych: The Adoration of the Magi and Crucifixion” (Unknown French Master, 14th century) juxtaposes themes of adoration and glory, on the one hand, with sorrow and suffering, on the other. How can such themes be brought... more
In Western intellectual history faith is usually subordinated to knowledge. Ideally, mere faith is to be overcome by knowledge. However is this view appropriate to the Christian self-understanding? Do we not need to assume that faith... more
A co-redenção mariana em H. U. von Balthasar. As mariofanias seriam uma manifestação da cooperação de Maria na obra da salvação? 1) Maria um mistério da co-redencionalidade do princípio e do cumprimento? A co-redenção mariana é, dentro... more
Von Balthasar approaches the mystery of the Trinity from the perspective of its interconnection with the paschal mystery of Jesus’ death and resurrection. Thus, the mystery of the Trinity cannot be separated from the paschal mystery. The... more
ABSTRACT: il testo è un tentativo di sintetizzare alcuni aspetti della teologia di Hans Urs von Balthasar nella prospettiva della concezione di tradizioni di ricerca di Larry Laudan ossia nella prospettiva essenzialmente filosofica. A tal... more
La mia predilezione per l’escatologia di von Balthasar è nata parecchi anni fa con la lettura de I novissimi nella teologia contemporanea. Siccome a quei tempi la mia conoscenza della lingua italiana era piuttosto scarsa, il testo si... more
Is the body a grid or a window? For Gilles Deleuze, as for most post-structuralists, the body does not express the person but rather functions as a surface upon which desire writes. Deleuze’s aesthetics of the surface echoes the inchoate... more
Hans Urs von Balthasar (Lucerna 1905 - Basilea 1988) è stato uno dei più importanti e influenti teologi del XX sec., soprattutto per aver realizzato unʼestetica teologica che ha prodotto una svolta estetica nella riflessione teologica,... more
Kiedy zagląda się do współczesnych słowników teologicznych, to przy haśle „zstąpienie do piekieł”, w paragrafie poświęconym teologii współczesnej, prawie zawsze pojawi się nazwisko szwajcarskiego teologa, Hans’a Urs’a von Balthasar’a.... more