The Glory of the Lord: A Theological Aesthetics, Vol. 3: Studies in Theological Style: Lay stylesHenri de Lubac has described von Balthasar as 'probably the most cultured man in Europe'. In volumes II and III von Balthasar shows the extraordinary range of his knowledge and expertise in a series of essays designed to illustrate different ways in which theologians have shared their work. What he offers is 'a typology of the relationship between beauty and revelation' which shows 'that there neither has been nor could be any true great and historically fruitful theology which was not expressly conceived and born under the constellation of beauty and grace'. Volume III contains studies of Dante, John of the Cross, Pascal, Hamann, Soloviev, Hopkins and Peguy. |
Contents
Eros and Agape or who is Beatrice? | |
Purgatorio Qlonfession and Inspiration | |
The Eternal Feminine | |
The Paradox of Mystical Poetry | |
yalue and Limits | |
Introduction | |
The Figure in the Infinite | |
Proportion of the Disproportions | |
Hiddenness and Loye | |
Pascals Aesthetic | |
HAMANN | |
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absolute analogy Augustine Augustinian Back to text Beatrice beauty becomes beloved Christ Christian christological Church complete concept contemplation Conv Convivio cosmic cosmos creation creature Dante Dante’s death Descartes divine Divine Comedy doctrine earth earthly Eros eschatological eternal ethical everything existence existential experience expression eyes faith Father figure finite freedom German idealism glory God’s grace Hamann heart Heaven heavenly Hegel Hell hidden Holy Hopkins human Ibid idea ideal Incarnation infinite inscape instress Jesus Joan John’s kenosis kingdom living man’s means Minnesang modern mystery mystical nature neo-Platonic never night object one’s Paradise Pascal Péguy Péguy’s philosophy poem poet prayer precisely principle pure Purgatory realised reality remains revealed saints scholasticism sense sinner Soloviev soul sphere spirit St John temporal theological aesthetic things thou thought transcends true truth understanding unity Virgil virtue vision whole word world-soul