Truth is symphonic : aspects of Christian pluralism / Hans Urs von Balthasar ; translated by Graham Harrison.

By: Balthasar, Hans Urs von, 1905-1988
Material type: TextTextLanguage: engger Publisher: San Francisco : Ignatius Press, c1987Description: 192 p. ; 19 cmISBN: 0898701414 (pbk.)Uniform titles: Wahrheit ist symphonisch. English Subject(s): Theology | Religious pluralism -- Christianity
Contents:
A tour through theological pluralism -- Israel -- God and his word -- Jesus Christ, the word of God -- The interpersonal thou: an image and an approach -- Truth as body -- The heightened paradox -- The organs of truth in the heightened paradox -- The pluralism of world views -- The word of God in human speech -- The criterion of dogma -- Partial and total identification -- Ethics -- Illustrations -- Church and world -- Believing and doing -- A God at hand, a God afar off-the absences of Jesus -- Office and existence -- Joy and the cross -- The three forms of hope.
Summary: Von Balthasar shows the tension between the necessary unity in Christianity and the diversity that should and must exist. Today when most people talk about pluralism and really mean dissent and rebellion, von Balthasar shows how genuine variety is both possible and desirable within Catholic unity.
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Translation of: Die Wahrheit ist symphonisch.

Includes bibliographical references.

A tour through theological pluralism -- Israel -- God and his word -- Jesus Christ, the word of God -- The interpersonal thou: an image and an approach -- Truth as body -- The heightened paradox -- The organs of truth in the heightened paradox -- The pluralism of world views -- The word of God in human speech -- The criterion of dogma -- Partial and total identification -- Ethics -- Illustrations -- Church and world -- Believing and doing -- A God at hand, a God afar off-the absences of Jesus -- Office and existence -- Joy and the cross -- The three forms of hope.

Von Balthasar shows the tension between the necessary unity in Christianity and the diversity that should and must exist. Today when most people talk about pluralism and really mean dissent and rebellion, von Balthasar shows how genuine variety is both possible and desirable within Catholic unity.

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