A Key to Balthasar

Hans Urs von Balthasar is widely recognized as perhaps the greatest Catholic theologian of the twentieth century. No writer has better revealed the spiritual greatness of the revelation to which the art of the church and the historic liturgies bear witness. Yet students and nonspecialist readers often find Balthasar daunting and difficult. This volume is the ideal introduction to his work. It unlocks the treasure of his theology by focusing on the beautiful, the good, and the true. These are the three qualities of being around which his great trilogy-- The Glory of the Lord, Theo-Drama, and Theo-Logic--revolves. Though brief, the book captures the essence of what Balthasar wished to say.

Review Citations:

Christian Century 05/02/2012 pg. 27 (EAN 9780801039744, Paperback)
Christian Century 05/01/2013 pg. 27 (EAN 9780801039744, Paperback)

Contributor Bio:Nichols Aidan Op
Aidan Nichols, OP (PhD, University of Edinburgh), of Blackfriars, Cambridge, is a lecturer at the University of Cambridge. He previously served as John Paul II Memorial Visiting Lecturer at the University of Oxford and as a Fellow of Greyfriars, Oxford. He is one of the most prolific writers of theology in the English language and is the leading authority on the theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar.