Overcoming the “Distance”: Robert Doran as a Bridge between the Trinitarian Analogies of Bernard Lonergan and Hans Urs von Balthasar

2021 ◽  
Vol 82 (4) ◽  
pp. 626-645
Author(s):  
Eugene R. Schlesinger
Keyword(s):  
Bernard Lonergan ◽  
Trinitarian Theology ◽  
Formal Similarity ◽  
Hans Urs Von Balthasar

Bernard Lonergan and Hans Urs von Balthasar would appear to be worlds apart in their trinitarian theologies. The former championed while the latter eschewed the traditional Western psychological analogy. And yet, Robert Doran’s Lonergan-inflected trinitarian theology presented a revised version of the psychological analogy, drawn from the order of grace. This analogy is in fact isomorphic to Balthasar’s primary eucharistic analogy for the trinitarian processions. Recognizing formal similarity invites a rapprochement between these two theologies and a call for a renewal of boldness in speculative theology.

Divine Roominess: Spatial and Music Analogies in Hans Urs von Balthasar and Robert Jenson

Pro Ecclesia ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-277
Author(s):  
Jacob Lett
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Trinitarian Theology ◽  
Spatial Imagery ◽  
Hans Urs Von Balthasar

Hans Urs von Balthasar and Robert Jenson both spatialize God by depicting the triune life as “roomy”. Theologians have employed spatial analogies readily since the inception of the “trinitarian revival” of the 20th century. In recent days, however, theologians have begun critiquing divine spatial imagery. In particular, the spatialized grammar of Balthasar’s trinitarian theology has attracted criticism. In this article, I review Balthasar’s divine spatial analogies and show how “bodily” readings of them have provoked criticism. I then repair Balthasar by applying Jenson’s musical rendition of “divine roominess” to Balthasar’s spatial analogies, suggesting that musical conceptions of space resolve some of the concerns theologians raise with Balthasar’s trinitarian theology in particular and spatial analogies in general.

scholarly journals The Consciousness and Human Knowledge of Christ According to Lonergan and Balthasar

Lumen et Vita ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron Pidel S.J.
Keyword(s):  
Bernard Lonergan ◽  
Human Consciousness ◽  
Human Knowledge ◽  
Divine Nature ◽  
Hans Urs Von Balthasar ◽  
Beatific Vision ◽  
The Face ◽  
Knowledge Of Christ

Bernard Lonergan and Hans Urs von Balthasar both gave considerable attention to the consciousness and human knowledge of Christ.  In their respective treatments of this topic, both theologians evince common tendencies.  Both are at pains to develop a model of Christ’s human consciousness that 1) avoids the impression of psychological dualism, 2) acknowledges Christ to be a unique comprehensor (beholder) of the divine nature, and yet 3) shows Christ to be a true viator (wayfarer), learning and discerning in a genuinely human fashion.  Lonergan does this through his model of “ineffable knowledge,” and Balthasar through “mission consciousness.”  On the face of it, they seem to disagree as to whether Christ possessed the so-called visio beata (beatific vision)—with Lonergan answering affirmatively and Balthasar answering negatively.  Nonetheless, because they understand the meaning of this attribution differently, it seems likely they are divided more at the level of verbal formulation than at the level of conceptual judgment.  Both consciousness Christologies prove convergent and complementary.

Hans Urs von Balthasar and the Meaning of Christmas

2020 ◽  
Vol 81 (4) ◽  
pp. 929-950
Author(s):  
Todd Walatka
Keyword(s):  
Trinitarian Theology ◽  
Son Of God ◽  
Hans Urs Von Balthasar ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The World ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Theological Vision ◽  
Significant Attention

Balthasar’s reflections on the mystery of Christmas provide not only a basic entry into his thought, but also an expanded view of his theological vision. Drawing primarily upon his sermons and scriptural meditations, this essay presents a Balthasar both familiar and new: ideas at the heart of his Christology, Trinitarian theology, Mariology, and anthropology receive significant attention. Yet Balthasar’s reflections on Christmas also provide some of his most important engagements with less-noticed themes—particularly regarding Christian praxis toward the poor and oppressed. More than in other texts, these shorter pieces routinely insist that each Christian is called to follow the path taken by the Son of God and set out into the world in service of the poor and lowly.

Hans Urs von Balthasar et Adrienne von Speyr, Interprètes de Thomas More

Moreana ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 28 (Number 105) (1) ◽  
pp. 5-20
Author(s):  
Georges Chantraine
Keyword(s):  
Thomas More ◽  
Hans Urs Von Balthasar

La vida como arte y el arte como vida

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gaspar Brahm Mir
Keyword(s):  
Hans Urs Von Balthasar

El hombre es un ser que busca el sentido de su existencia en todo lo que hace. A la vez que es consciente de su contingencia, es capaz de elevarse por sobre lo meramente temporal. El arte pareciera ser una actividad humana que, por combinar lo contingente con lo necesario, puede llevar al hombre hacia una obra llena de sentido. Siguiendo al teólogo suizo Hans Urs von Balthasar, cabría entender la vida del hombre como una obra artístico-dramática, en la que entran en diálogo su libertad con la donación divina. La obra maestra existencial será, por consiguiente, la aceptación plena del don de Dios por parte del hombre.

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