Spiritual Exegesis and the Church in the Theology of Henri De Lubac

by Wood, Susan K.

• ISBN13: 9781608998814
• ISBN10: 1608998819
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-08-01
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Pub

Summary

Henri De Lubac's work on medieval exegesis and his ecclesiological works are too often studied in isolation from each other. In countering this tendency, Susan Wood argues that de Lubac's work on spiritual exegesis is ultimately not about biblical exegesis and the four different meanings of the text but instead is intimately related to issues within the life of the church. Standing as the only study of de Lubac that interprets his theology through the categories of medieval exegesis, this volume provides the intellectual tools for thinking about a theology of history, a theology of symbol and sacrament, and a theology of the church's relationship to Christ and the Eucharist. Including an extensive bibliography of the primary and most important secondary sources of the theology of de Lubac, this study attributes the organic unity found in de Lubac's work to his immersion in the principles of spiritual exegesis and interprets his ecclesiology in the light of these principles.

Author Biography

Susan K. Wood, SCL, is Professor and Chair of the Deparment of Theology at Marquette University, Milwaukie, Wisconsin.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
De Lubac and the "New Theology"	p. 1
Henri de Lubac's Life	p. 2
A Theological Renewal	p. 5
Spiritual Exegesis and the "New Theology"	p. 17
The Spiritual Interpretation of Scripture	p. 25
The Principles of the Spiritual Interpretation of Scripture	p. 27
The Literal Sense	p. 31
The Allegorical Sense	p. 36
The Tropological Sense	p. 42
The Anagogical Sense	p. 44
A Hermeneutic of the Two Testaments	p. 47
Limitations and Criteria of Allegorical Interpretation	p. 49
The Eucharist/Church Correlation and Spiritual Exegesis	p. 53
Clarifications	p. 54
Memorial, Presence, Anticipation	p. 59
Shifts in Terminology	p. 63
The Christological Center of de Lubac's Ecclesiology	p. 71
The Church and the Mystical Body of Christ	p. 72
The Church as the Spouse of Christ	p. 93
The Church as the Sacrament of Christ	p. 105
An Organic Unity	p. 129
The Church: Social Embodiment of Grace	p. 129
De Lubac's Categories: An Evaluation	p. 140
De Lubac's Ecclesiological Contribution	p. 152
Bibliography of Henri de Lubac	p. 155
Selected Works by Henri de Lubac	p. 155
Selected Works on Henri de Lubac	p. 165
Selected Related Bibliography	p. 171
Index	p. 181
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