How can theology think and talk about history? Building on the work of the major twentieth-century theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar as well as entering into sharp critical debate with him, this book sets out to examine the value and the potential of a 'theodramatic' conception of history....

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Main Author:	Quash, Ben (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2005
Series:	Cambridge studies in Christian doctrine 13
Subjects:	Balthasar, Hans Urs von / 1905-1988 / Theodramatik Balthasar, Hans Urs von > 1905-1988 Christentum Geschichte Religion History / Religious aspects / Christianity Religion and drama Theodramatik
Online Access:	BSB01 UBG01 Volltext
Summary:	How can theology think and talk about history? Building on the work of the major twentieth-century theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar as well as entering into sharp critical debate with him, this book sets out to examine the value and the potential of a 'theodramatic' conception of history. By engaging in dialogue not only with theologians and philosophers like von Balthasar, Hegel and Barth, but with poets and dramatists such as the Greek tragedians, Shakespeare and Gerard Manley Hopkins, the book makes its theological principles open and indebted to literary forms, and seeks to show how such a theology might be applied to a world intrinsically and thoroughly historical. By contrast with theologies that stand back from the contingencies of history and so fight shy of the uncertainties and openness of Christian existence, this book's theology is committed to taking seriously the God who works in time
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 235 pages)
ISBN:	9780511487811
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9780511487811