Saving Karl Barth: Hans Urs von Balthasar's Preoccupation
Feb 2014 · Fortress Press
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Challenging recent rejections of
Hans Urs von Balthasar’s groundbreaking study of Karl Barth’s theology, Stephen
Long argues that these interpreters are myopically impatient with the nuances
of Balthasar’s reading of Barth and fail to appreciate the longstanding theological
friendship that perdured. Even more, current readings threaten to repristinate
the embattled divide hallmarking Protestant-Catholic relations prior to Vatican
II. Long contends against these contemporary trajectories in a substantial
defense of Balthasar’s theological preoccupation with Barth’s thought. This
book offers one of the first full contextualizations of the friendship that
developed between Balthasar and Barth, which lasted from the 1930s until
Balthasar’s death in the 1980s. Re-evaluating Balthasar’s theological work on
Barth, the present volume provides a critical new reading of not only
Balthasar’s original volume but a wider account of the systematic engagement
Balthasar carried on throughout his career. Within this, a paradigm for fruitful,
generous ecumenical dialogue emerges.
Hans Urs von Balthasar’s groundbreaking study of Karl Barth’s theology, Stephen
Long argues that these interpreters are myopically impatient with the nuances
of Balthasar’s reading of Barth and fail to appreciate the longstanding theological
friendship that perdured. Even more, current readings threaten to repristinate
the embattled divide hallmarking Protestant-Catholic relations prior to Vatican
II. Long contends against these contemporary trajectories in a substantial
defense of Balthasar’s theological preoccupation with Barth’s thought. This
book offers one of the first full contextualizations of the friendship that
developed between Balthasar and Barth, which lasted from the 1930s until
Balthasar’s death in the 1980s. Re-evaluating Balthasar’s theological work on
Barth, the present volume provides a critical new reading of not only
Balthasar’s original volume but a wider account of the systematic engagement
Balthasar carried on throughout his career. Within this, a paradigm for fruitful,
generous ecumenical dialogue emerges.
About the author
D. Stephen Long is professor of systematic theology at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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