Love Alone Is Credible

by Balthasar, Hans Urs von; Schindler, D. C.

• ISBN13: 9780898708813
• ISBN10: 0898708818
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-30
• Publisher: Ignatius Press

Summary

In Hans Urs von Balthasar's masterwork, The Glory of the Lord, the great theologian used the term "theological aesthetic" to describe what he believed to be the most accurate method of interpreting the concept of divine love, as opposed to approaches founded on historical or scientific grounds. In this newly translated book, von Balthasar delves deeper into this exploration of what love means, what comprises the divine love of God, and how we must become lovers of God in the footsteps of saints like Francis de Sales, John of the Cross and Therese of Lisieux. Love Alone Is Credible brings a fresh perspective on an oftexplored subject. This scholarly work is a deeply insightful and profound theological meditation that serves to both deepen and inform the faith of the believer. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Hans Urs von Balthasar, (1905-1988), a man of towering intellect and extraordinary culture and the author of vast theological works, is widely recognized as one of the most influential figures in theology from the twentieth century to the present

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 9
The Cosmological Reduction	p. 15
The Anthropological Reduction	p. 31
The Third Way of Love	p. 51
The Failures of Love	p. 61
Love Must Be Perceived	p. 75
Love as Revelation	p. 83
Love as Justification and Faith	p. 99
Love as Deed	p. 107
Love as Form	p. 125
Love as the Light of the World	p. 139
Recapitulation	p. 147
Index	p. 151
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