Nouvelle Theologie and Sacramental Ontology: A Return to Mystery

An in-depth study of nouvelle theologie and the ressourcement movement. Hans Boersma argues that a return to mystery was the movement's deepest motivation. He sets out the context for the early development of the movement prior to Vatican II and provides detailed analysis of its characteristic elements and thinkers.

Author: Hans Boersma
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 07/15/2009
Pages: 344
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780199229642

Review Citation(s):
Choice 04/01/2010

About the Author
Hans Boersma holds the J.I. Packer Chair of Theology at Regent College in Vancouver, Canada. Before coming to Regent in 2005, he taught for six years at Trinity Western University in nearby Langley. Boersma holds a doctorate from the University of Utrecht. His articles have appeared in numerous journals. His publications include Violence, Hospitality, and the Cross: Reappropriating the Atonement Tradition (Baker Academic), which won the 2005 Christianity Today best theological book of the year award; Nouvelle Theologie and Sacramental Ontology: A Return to Mystery (OUP, 2009); and Heavenly Participation: The Weaving of a Sacramental Tapestry (Eerdmans, 2011).

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