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The Glory of the Lord, A Theological Aesthetics, Vol. I: Seeing The Form.
Volume one of the long-awaited English version of von Balthasar's masterwork, Herrlichkeit
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[Brief] Review Fellowship of Catholic Scholars Quarterly Newsletter. Vol. 6, No. 4, Sept. 1983.
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The Glory of the Lord, A Theological Aesthetics, Vol. II: Studies in Theological Style: Clerical Styles.
Volume two gives us a series of monographs designed to illustrate the different ways in which theologians have shaped their works.
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The Glory of the Lord, A Theological Aesthetics, Vol. III: Studies in Theological Style: Lay Styles.
A continuation of monographs in Volume II in which the aesthetical dimension of theology, its intrinsic beauty, is traced through some of the great Christian thinkers of modern times. - Ignatius Press
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The Glory of the Lord, A Theological Aesthetics, Vol. IV: The Realm of Metaphysics in Antiquity.
. . . Armed with a remarkable knowledg of the theological and metaphysical traditions as well as of Western letters, von Balthasar shows how the Biblical vision of the divine glory, revealed in the crucified and risen Christ and reflected in the great theologies of the Christion tradition, fulfuils and transcends the perception of Being in Western Metaphysics. - Ignatius Press
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The Glory of the Lord, A Theological Aesthetics, Vol. V: The Realm of Metaphysics in the Modern Age.
Von Balthasar explores the main streams of metaphysics which have developed since the `catastrophe' of Nominalism, with its denial of the divine light in creation. Three paths have been taken, each with its own dangers. In a series of studies of representative mystic theologians, philosophers and poets, glory is traced through such figures as Eckhart, Ignatius, de Sales; the attempt to relocate theology in a recovery of antiquity's sense of being and beauty through figures like Holderlin, Goethe, Heidegger; the metaphysics of spirit through Descartes, Spinoza and the Idealists.
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The Glory of the Lord, A Theological Aesthetics, Vol. VI: The Old Covenant.
This is von Balthasar's study of the biblical vision and understanding of God's glory. Starting with the theophanies of the Patriarchal period, with the appearance of the divine glory in the sensible world, it shows how such glory is most fully expressed in the graciousness of the Covenant relationship as God allows Israel to enjoy his justice, peace and truth. But the breaking of that relationship by Israel means that in the later books of the Old Testament, the divine glory is seen in God's willingness to bear with his people in the dark side of their history, for his glory to be revealed through the rejected prophets and the Suffering Servant of Isaiah.
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The Glory of the Lord, A Theological Aesthetics, Vol. VII: The New Covenant.
In this final volume, Balthasar reflects on the New Testament vision of God's revelation of his glory in Christ. In Christ's incarnation and resurrection the Christian vision is truly expressed and the joining of God and the world in the new and eternal covenant is realized.
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