Table of Contents

Introduction: A Tale of Two Gardens Part One: East of Eden: The Phenomenon of Anxiety Chapter I: A Phenomenology of Human Anxiety according to Balthasar Chapter II: A Phenomenology of Christ's Anxiety according to Balthasar Part Two: The Garden of Eden: The Origins of Anxiety Chapter III: Anxiety from Discursive Reasoning Chapter IV: Anxiety from Ego-Consciousness Chapter V: Anxiety from Original Sin Part Three: The Garden of Gethsemane: The Redemption of Anxiety Chapter VI: St. Thomas Aquinas' Interpretation of Timor and its Redemption Chapter VII: Balthasar's Interpretation of Angst and its Redemption Part Four: The Garden of the Church: The Transformation of Anxiety Chapter VIII: The Shape of Christian Anxiety Chapter IX: Anxiety Transformed by the Church Conclusion Bibliography

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This study offers a theological response to the problem of anxiety from the point of view of Hans Urs von Balthasar.

About the Author

Fr. John Cihak S.T.D. studied philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, and obtained his licentiate and doctorate in fundamental theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome. He was appointed Papal Master of Ceremonies in 2010.