Balthasar on the 'Spiritual Senses'
Title | Balthasar on the 'Spiritual Senses' PDF eBook |
Author | Mark McInroy |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 241 |
Release | 2014-05 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0199689008 |
Examines Balthasar's recovery of the doctrine of the spiritual senses in the mid-20th century, focusing on his model of the perceptual faculties through which one beholds the form that God reveals.
Balthasar on the Spiritual Senses
Title | Balthasar on the Spiritual Senses PDF eBook |
Author | Mark McInroy |
Publisher | |
Pages | 217 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Aesthetics |
ISBN | 9780191768095 |
In this study, Mark McInroy argues that the 'spiritual senses' play a crucial yet previously unappreciated role in the theological aesthetics of Hans Urs von Balthasar. The doctrine of the spiritual senses typically claims that human beings can be made capable of perceiving non-corporeal, 'spiritual' realities.
The Spiritual Senses
Title | The Spiritual Senses PDF eBook |
Author | Paul L. Gavrilyuk |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 337 |
Release | 2011-11-10 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1139502417 |
Is it possible to see, hear, touch, smell and taste God? How do we understand the biblical promise that the 'pure in heart' will 'see God'? Christian thinkers as diverse as Origen of Alexandria, Bonaventure, Jonathan Edwards and Hans Urs von Balthasar have all approached these questions in distinctive ways by appealing to the concept of the 'spiritual senses'. In focusing on the Christian tradition of the 'spiritual senses', this book discusses how these senses relate to the physical senses and the body, and analyzes their relationship to mind, heart, emotions, will, desire and judgement. The contributors illuminate the different ways in which classic Christian authors have treated this topic, and indicate the epistemological and spiritual import of these understandings. The concept of the 'spiritual senses' is thereby importantly recovered for contemporary theological anthropology and philosophy of religion.
Perceiving Splendor
Title | Perceiving Splendor PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Johnson McInroy |
Publisher | |
Pages | 422 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Aesthetics |
ISBN | 9781109168242 |
Furthermore, to the minimal extent that Balthasar's understanding of the spiritual senses has been treated at all, no source properly acknowledges the remarkable manner in which he creatively rearticulates the doctrine in his aesthetics. I therefore additionally claim that Balthasar integrates elements of the classic doctrine of the spiritual senses with the thought of his contemporaries, and that from this intersection emerges a highly original understanding of the spiritual senses. I also explain how, in the various interactions and tensions between Balthasar and Barth, on the one hand, and Balthasar and Rahner, on the other, the importance of this theme in Balthasar's thought has been overlooked in the secondary literature to date.
Hans Urs von Balthasar on the Spiritual Exercises
Title | Hans Urs von Balthasar on the Spiritual Exercises PDF eBook |
Author | Hans Urs Von Balthasar |
Publisher | Ignatius Press |
Pages | 386 |
Release | 2019-05-20 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1642290718 |
"I would like one day," Hans Urs von Balthasar wrote in 1952, "to write a book on Ignatius of Loyola, the saint of whom I will always consider myself the least of sons." The Jesuit-formed theologian from Switzerland—widely considered one of the greatest thinkers and spiritual writers of modern times—never got the chance to fulfill this dream. Instead, Balthasar's whole theology, from Theo-Drama to Dare We Hope "That All Men Be Saved", is imbued with the influence of Saint Ignatius, founder of the Society of Jesus and author of the Spiritual Exercises, a multi-week retreat guide that has rejuvenated Catholic spirituality since the sixteenth century. Throughout Balthasar's priestly life, he led countless retreatants in the Ignatian Exercises, accompanying them in their discernment of God's call. This anthology is an aid for those either giving or making an Ignatian retreat. Full of citations and equipped with four indexes, as well as many texts never before translated into English, it sifts Balthasar's writings for insights into almost every element of Ignatius' "libretto", sometimes diving into themes scarcely explored by others. Moreover, it maps out those hidden strains of Jesuit spirituality that run unnoticed through the theologian's oeuvre. Yet the book may help anyone at all who wants to engage more deeply with Jesus or come to grips with Church doctrine, for as Balthasar himself says, the Spiritual Exercises are both a "great school of Christocentric contemplation" and a "genuine interpretation of the deposit of the faith".
Dare We Hope - 2nd Edition
Title | Dare We Hope - 2nd Edition PDF eBook |
Author | Hans Urs von Balthasar |
Publisher | Ignatius Press |
Pages | 226 |
Release | 2014-11-20 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 158617942X |
This book is perhaps one of the most misunderstood works of Catholic theology of our time. Critics contend that von Balthasar espouses universalism, the idea that all men will certainly be saved. Yet, as von Balthasar insists, damnation is a real possibility for anyone. Indeed, he explores the nature of damnation with sobering clarity. At the same time, he contends that a deep understanding of God’s merciful love and human freedom, and a careful reading of the Catholic tradition, point to the possibility—not the certainty—that, in the end, all men will accept the salvation Christ won for all. For this all-embracing salvation, von Balthasar says, we may dare hope, we must pray and with God’s help we must work. The Catholic Church’s teaching on hell has been generally neglected by theologians, with the notable exception of von Balthasar. He grounds his reflections clearly in Sacred Scripture and Catholic teaching. While the Church asserts that certain individuals are in heaven (the saints), she never declares a specific individual to be in hell. In fact, the Church hopes that in their final moments of life, even the greatest sinners would have repented of their terrible sins, and be saved. Sacred Scripture states, “God ... desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all” (1 Tim 2:4–5).
Heart of the World
Title | Heart of the World PDF eBook |
Author | Hans Urs von Balthasar |
Publisher | Ignatius Press |
Pages | 226 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780898700015 |
A great Catholic theologian speaks from the heart about the Heart of Christ, in a profound and lyrical meditation on Our Lord's love for his Bride the Church.