Following his acclaimed The Word Has Been Abroad: A Guide Through Balthasar's Aesthetics, No Bloodless Myth by Aidan Nichols summarizes and illuminates the five-volume series Theo-Drama, which develops the heart of Balthasar's theological theory -- his exploration of the Good and of the dramatic interplay of finite and infinite freedom. Theo-Drama builds upon the earlier achievement of The Glory ...
In the millennia-long conversation of Christian theology, St. Maximus (580-662) stands out as a profound, original contributor. For this reader, the most striking feature in this collection of his writings has to be his understanding of "deification.". Based on his reading of II Peter 1:3-4, ...
Development of Christological concepts into Soteriological Doctrine
+ Grillmeier
"The pendulum has now swung in the opposite direction, whereas the slogan used to be 'the pure Jesus of history, is now 'the pure Christ of faith.'" Aloys Grillmeier
"In order to make the confession "God was in Christ" intelligible, it must be made clear what is being claimed about the identity ...
This is an amazing book that expounds on several Christological dimensions to bring the reader to a closer understanding of who Christ was and is in the post-modern context. It will guide one to a deeper relationship with Christ helping them to not only know Him more dearly but to follow Him ...
This volume, volume III of "Theo-Drama", provides the centerpiece of the theological thought of the late Hans Urs von Balthasar. In its pages, he presents, using his concept of a "theological dramatic theory", his ecclesiology, his Christology, and his Mariology, all of which are intrinsically ...
+ Jesus-God and Man by Wolfhart Pannenberg + An astounding piece of scholarship!
The previous reviewer has done an admirable job in presenting why Pannenberg's book is important. I do not wish to traverse ground that has already been walked. I did read the whole review and thought it was admirably done. Thus, just a few observations regarding this outstanding volume. ...
Athanasius, Gregory of Nazianzus, and Gregory of Nyssa are brillliant theologians of their time, and the comments and clarifications by the editor help to make their writings more comprehensible. This is a thorough study and analysis of Christ, probing the questions surrounding the Incarnation and ...
Having presented his christology and mariology under the sign of the "Dramatis Personae" in volume three of Theo-Drama , von Balthasar now turns to the action of the divine drama itself. Here we find his soteriology, where time, freedom, history, power, sin, conflict are seen in the light of the Cross, the culmination of the action and passion of God and man. As Balthasar expresses it in the ...
+ A scholarly review of evidence of Christ from first generation sources.
I have just finished reading Meier's fantastic first volume. I picked it up at my university library after hearing many great things about it and thought I would check it out.
This book, while scholarly, is extremely fun to read. Meier does not beat around the bush, but is extremely forward in ...
+ Christian Theology Never Smelled So Sweet. + Critical, repetitive, for the theologically tenacious only. + Important for understanding how we got where we are
This volume, volume III of "Theo-Drama", provides the centerpiece of the theological thought of the late Hans Urs von Balthasar. In its pages, he presents, using his concept of a "theological dramatic theory", his ecclesiology, his Christology, and his Mariology, all of which are intrinsically ...
In the millennia-long conversation of Christian theology, St. Maximus (580-662) stands out as a profound, original contributor. For this reader, the most striking feature in this collection of his writings has to be his understanding of "deification.". Based on his reading of II Peter 1:3-4, ...
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