Introduction to the book
1) ‘No brief encounter': the relationship between Barth and von
Balthasar
2) ‘From dialectic to analogy': The Theology of Karl Barth
3) ‘Beauty and Being': The Glory of the Lord
4) ‘Participating in the action': the Theo-Drama
5) ‘Speaking the truth in love': the Theo-Logic
6) Anselm: a case study in the approaches of Barth and von
Balthasar
7) Epilogue & concluding reflections (including Concluding
Unscientific Postscript)
Two of the most important theologians of the last century, Karl Barth and Hans Urs von Balthasar, one a Protestant and the other a Catholic, kept a lifelong friendship which also influenced their theological work. This book argues that it is von Balthasar's debate with Barth over the analogy of being which is to determine the shape of von Balthasar's subsequent theology.
Revd. Dr. Stephen Wigley is Chair of the Wales Synod of the Methodist Church, a visiting lecturer and Trustee of St. Michael's College, Llandaff, and author of Karl Barth and Hans Urs von Balthasar: a Critical Engagement (2007).
"In this excellent study, Stephen Wigley traces the conversation
with great clarity. Writing from an encyclopaedic knowledge of the
primary texts (no mean achievement, given the volume of work
involved), and a wide critical engagement with recent scholarship,
he gives us an overview of this ecumenical enterprise that is
readable, original and comprehensive, filling a noticeable gap in
recent English-language studies. To all this, he brings his own
perspective as a Methodist and an experienced pastor, producing a
work of lasting and distinctive value." From the foreword by Rowan
Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury
*Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury *
"An extremely interesting introduction to von Balthasar's thought,
as well as advancing scholar's understanding of the way that
Balthasar's work has been driven by a concern with the analogy of
being." Prof John Riches, University of Birmingham, UK
*Prof John Riches, University of Birmingham, UK*
'What Wigley has achieved in this book is an account of two
theological friends, whose differences were never negotiated away
in a bland and ultimately false ecumenism...Wigley has also shown
that an ecumenical theology needn't be about lowest common
denominators, or agreed statements that understate difference. It
can be discussion about the core doctrines of the Christian faith,
as lived, thought and articulated by theologians from across the
Christian spectrum, in which difference does not provoke defensive
hostility, but evokes an exchange of truth as each understands it.'
Living Wittily Blog
"Stephen Wigley has engaged two of the giants of twentieth-century
theology and emerged sane and lucid, no mean feat. His book,
...distils his doctoral thesis into a remarkably concise and clear
account of von Balthasar's theology and how it was influenced by,
and in turn ionterpreted, the theology of Karl Barth" Epworth
Review, April Edition, 2008
'an important book...clearly written by a specialist for those who
are already familiar with his writings.' Rev David Blatheriwck,
Methodist Recorder
*Methodist Recorder*
"This fine study demonstrates a solid command of the primary
sources, is clearly written, and argues its case effectively. Every
Balthasar scholar and every theological library will wish to own a
copy." -- Edward T. Oakes, S.J., University of St. Mary of the
Lake, Modern Theology
*Modern Theology*
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