Christ and Analogy: The Christocentric Metaphysics of Hans Urs Von Balthasar

As one of the pillars of the nouvelle thologie movement, a main influence upon the Second Vatican Council, and one of the few figures to complete a full-scale multi-volume systematics, Hans Urs von Balthasar is undoubtedly one of the towering figures of twentieth-century theology. Until now, the structural undergirding of von Balthasars main contribution, a weighty 15-volume, three-part triptych dogmatics, has not been assessed. In this volume, the author presents an analysis of von Balthasars work in dogmatics and provides the structural linchpin for understanding the whole of this massive (and massively important) systematic theology by reconstructing the metaphysics of von Balthasar. Taking the person of Jesus Christ as the metaphysical starting point, the project highlights the fundamental connections to key doctrinal, historical, and philosophical issues. This is a critical volume for professors, scholars, and students in systematic theology, philosophical theology, and the study of twentieth-century Catholic and Protestant theology and history.

Author: Junius Johnson
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 09/01/2013
Pages: 213
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 9.05h x 6.10w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9780800699956

About the Author
Johnson, Junius: -

Junius Johnson is a lecturer at Yale Divinity School and a research fellow at the Rivendell Institute at Yale University. Johnson earned a Ph.D. in theology at Yale University. This volume is a revision of a dissertation completed at Yale University under the direction of Miroslav Volf.

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