Author : Nicholas J. Healy
Release : 2005-06-09
Genre : Religion
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 257/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Eschatology of Hans Urs von Balthasar by : Nicholas J. Healy
Download or read book The Eschatology of Hans Urs von Balthasar written by Nicholas J. Healy. This book was released on 2005-06-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unifying centre of Nicholas J. Healy's book is an analysis, in dialogue with the metaphysics of Thomas Aquinas, of Balthasar's understanding of the analogy of being. This discussion of analogy is framed by an interpretation of Balthasar's trinitarian eschatology. Healy shows that the ultimate form of the end, and thus the measure of all that is meant by eschatology, is given in Christ's eucharistic and pneumatic gift of himself - a gift that simultaneously lays bare the mystery of God's trinitarian life and enables Christ to 'return' to the Father in communion with the whole of creation.