Readers will no doubt remember the recent heated exchange in the pages of First Things . Alyssa Lyra Pitstick summarized her analysis of Balthasar’s provocative and dramatic (and by her reading ...
Hans Urs von Balthasar, despite the fact he didn’t want to label himself as a theologian, is one of the most important theologians of the 20 th century. There are, of course, a considerable number of ...
Hans Urs von Balthasar is justly famous for his creative reflections on Holy Saturday. The thesis of his book, Mysterium Paschale, is that Jesus Christ suffers not only a physical death on the cross ...
The prolific and often eccentric Swiss theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905-88) must surely be considered one of the most influential Catholic thinkers of the past century. The author of over 100 ...
"Disputà del Sacramento," Raphael 1509-1510, Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican Museums, Rome. (Wikimedia Commons). “Don’t judge a book by its cover” is usually sound advice. But sometimes the cover can ...
Balthasar’s exploration of the modern “German soul,” as he discerned it through its literary heritage, represents his first major eschatological work. While the various studies on the different ...
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The brilliant Swiss theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905 – 1988) was for a long time a controversial figure. Perhaps in some circles he still is. During his formation and education as a Jesuit, von ...