Theology and the drama of history / Ben Quash.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Quash, Ben, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in Christian doctrine ; 13.

Cambridge studies in Christian doctrine ; 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Balthasar, Hans Urs von, 1905-1988. Theodramatik.

Balthasar, Hans Urs von.

History--Religious aspects--Christianity.

History.

Religion and drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 235 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Theology & the Drama of History

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How can theology think and talk about history? Building on the work of the major twentieth-century theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar as well as entering into sharp critical debate with him, this book sets out to examine the value and the potential of a 'theodramatic' conception of history. By engaging in dialogue not only with theologians and philosophers like von Balthasar, Hegel and Barth, but with poets and dramatists such as the Greek tragedians, Shakespeare and Gerard Manley Hopkins, the book makes its theological principles open and indebted to literary forms, and seeks to show how such a theology might be applied to a world intrinsically and thoroughly historical. By contrast with theologies that stand back from the contingencies of history and so fight shy of the uncertainties and openness of Christian existence, this book's theology is committed to taking seriously the God who works in time.

Contents:

Dramatizing theology

Freedom and indifference

Epic history and the question of tragedy

Eschatology and the existential register

Analogy's unaccountable scaffolding

Theodramatics, history, and the Holy Spirit.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-230) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-15192-9

0-511-12798-7

1-280-43484-8

0-511-18251-1

0-511-20014-5

0-511-30058-1

0-511-48781-9

0-511-12745-6

OCLC:

252515169