Truth is symphonic : aspects of Christian pluralism / Hans Urs von Balthasar ; translated by Graham Harrison.
By: Balthasar, Hans Urs von
Material type: TextLanguage: engger Publisher: San Francisco : Ignatius Press, c1987Description: 192 p. ; 19 cmISBN: 0898701414 (pbk.)Uniform titles: Wahrheit ist symphonisch. English Subject(s): Theology | Religious pluralism -- ChristianityItem type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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BR 117 .J44 1965 6 L'Unité des chrétiens | BR 117 .M37 G74 1946 Great Christian Books | BR 117 .M87 S95 1962 Symbolism and the Christian Imagination | BR 118 .B251 1987 Truth is symphonic : aspects of Christian pluralism / | BR 118 .B44 D54 2007 Le Dieu sauvage: Pour une foi critique | BR 118 .B45 1929 7 Das Vollkommenheitsideal des Origenes : Eine Untersuchung zur Geschichte der Frömmigkeit und zu den Anfängen christlicher Mystik | BR 118 .B45 1929 10 Rechtgläubigkeit und Ketzerei im ältesten Christentum |
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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