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Love Alone Is Credible
Hans Urs von Balthasar
Ignatius Press, 2005
Beginning to Read von Balthasar
It is difficult to know where to begin in von Balthasar. Until recently, I had usually recommended Mysterium Paschale, because the topic (Holy Saturday) is seldom written about in depth, and because the book is simply beautiful.
But now this is the volume I will ...
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Mysterium Paschale: The Mystery of Easter
Hans Urs von Balthasar
Ignatius Press, 2000
Brilliant
This is a brilliant piece of scholarship drawing from the deepest wells of Biblical interpretation, traditional theology, and rigorous philosophical thinking. Balthasar confirms for me that the most sophisticated and original thinking is done 'on route' of tradition ...
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Origen: An Exortation to Martyrdom, Prayer, and Selected Works
Origen, Rowan A. Greer, ...
Paulist Press, 1979
Intellectual reverence and the spiritual sense.
These selected works from the writings of Origen (c. 185-254) will give the reader much to contemplate and are complex enough to perhaps frustrate the reader without some foundation in the material. Do not read Origen without first reading the preface (Hans Urs von ...
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Meditations on the Tarot
Anonymous
Tarcher, 2002
Not for the faint of heart
Do NOT be put off by the title, thinking this is some New Age book about how to do tarot readings. Nothing could be farther from the truth. This is a major work of scholarship--not for the faint of heart. It is heavy going, extremely deep and erudite. The author (and ...
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Prayer
Hans Urs von Balthasar
Ignatius Press, 1986
A richly textured treatment of prayer
For American Christians lazily accustomed to psychospiritual pap, this book might seem overwrought and inaccessible. But don't get the wrong idea: this is not a book for arm-chair intellectuals either. Rather in this book we witness how a "kneeling theologian" savors ...
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The Theology of Karl Barth: Exposition and Interpretation (Communio Book)
Hans Urs von Balthasar, Edward T. Oakes
Ignatius Press, 1992
A classic interpretive and ecumenical study
An excellent book! Not only is this a significant work by one of the past century's most important Roman Catholic theologians, but it has set a paradigm for Barth interpretation for 40 years since its publication - even among Protestant scholars. Balthasar's study ...
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Cosmic Liturgy: The Universe According to Maximus the Confessor (Communio Books.)
Hans Urs von Balthasar
Ignatius Press, 2003
The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament sheweth his handywork
"The heavens declare the glory of God;
and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
Day unto day uttereth speech,
and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
3There is no speech nor language,
where their voice is not heard." ...
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Engagement With God: The Drama of Christian Discipleship
Hans Urs von Balthasar
Ignatius Press, 2008
The Drama of Discipleship
A good way to introduce oneself to the thinking of a brilliant Christian thinker who is not always very accessible. Balthasar is probably best known for his 15-volume trilogy on the beautiful, the good and the true - this small book provides a helpful and practical ...
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Dare We Hope "That All Men Be Saved"?: With a Short Discourse on Hell
Hans Urs von Balthasar
Ignatius Pr, 1988
Hell is not about what God is going to do, but about what we are capable of
"Origen held a firm conviction that not a single rational being will be lost to the darkness of ignorance and sin. Even the most recalcitrant sinner, he argued, will eventually attain salvation. The fire of punishment is not an instrument of eternal torment, but of ...
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Mary: The Church at the Source
Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Hans Urs von Balthasar, ...
Ignatius Press, 2005
A modern documentation of the Church's perspective of Marian doctrine
Ably translated by Adrian Walker from the writings of Hans Urs von Balthasar and Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI), Mary: The Church At The Source is a modern documentation of the Church's perspective of Marian doctrine, enlightening the contours of ...
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Unless You Become Like This Child
Hans Urs von Balthasar
Ignatius Press, 1991
Theology unfolded
This is an excellent book for those Christians who wish to gain a deeper understanding of Jesus's teaching "unless you become like this child...". This book also provides a helpfull resource to Catholics who may be constantly challenged by fundamentalist Christians ...
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Two Sisters in the Spirit: Therese of Lisieux and Elizabeth of the Trinity
Hans Urs Von Balthasar, Dennis D. Martin
Ignatius Press, 1992
An unusual treatise on sanctity
This is one of the best books I have read on a saint, and in this case Von Balthasar writes about two saints, not just one. His chapter on Therese's "Little Way" is outstanding (and can be found online...that's how I discovered this wonderful book). I especially ...
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Heart of the World
Hans Urs von Balthasar
Ignatius Pr, 1980
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Theo-Logic: Theological Logical Theory : The Truth of the World Vol. 1
Hans Urs von Balthasar
Ignatius Press, 2001
The Divine Logic behind Theology
The publication of David Bentley Hart's The Beauty of the Infinite signals the new attention being paid to Hans Urs Von Balthasar and his impressive / monumental theological texts. Long thought as the second 'necessary' theologian of the 20th Century (behind Karl ...
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Origen Spirit and Fire: A Thematic Anthology of His Writings
Hans Urs von Balthasar
Catholic University of America Press, 2001
Spirit & Fire
As usual, Von Balthasar did a wonderful job in the compilation of this collection. The thematic organization is very helpful, as is the entirety of the book, in allowing the reader to get quickly to the meat so to speak. This book is a very good prompt for further ...
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