The Glory of the Lord: A Theological Aesthetics

The Glory of the Lord: A Theological Aesthetics
ISBN-10
1681492024
ISBN-13
9781681492025
Category
Religion
Pages
444
Language
English
Published
2013-06-05
Publisher
Ignatius Press
Author
Hans Urs von Balthasar

Description

In this fourth volume of his magnnum opus, von Balthasar considers the metaphysical tradition of the contemplation of Being. He provides major studies of Homer, the Greek Tragedians, Plato and Plotinus and the development of this tradition in the Middle Ages. He then explores the analogy between the metaphysical vision of the Being and the Christian vision of the divine glory of the Trinity. The book is a remarkable attempt to rediscover the ancient vision of Being in all its awesomeness as the context within which the specifically Christian vision, rooted in God's gracious self-revelation, took form and was expressed.

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