An Analogy of Grace / Henry Shea, S. J.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shea, Henry Joseph, 1985- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grace (Theology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2025]

Summary:

An Analogy of Grace proposes a deeply grounded investigation of grace and a robustly balanced impetus for advancing the gospel in the twenty-first century. Amid the present decline in religious affiliation, a pervasive question for many is "why bother" with faith and its practices. An Analogy of Grace engages this question in the context of grace, or our participation in the life and love of God, and investigates the difference made by the diverse ways in which the self-communication of God is received and participated. Shea begins with the contrasting models provided by twentieth-century theologians Karl Rahner and Hans Urs von Balthasar. Rahner focused on how grace is universally accessible within the heart, while Balthasar envisioned grace as found principally through an encounter with the incarnate Word. Henry Shea charts a course within and beyond this difference, bolstered by fresh and insightful analysis of the work of Erich Przywara, Henri de Lubac, and other major theologians. An Analogy of Grace posits that grace is best understood as a moving Trinitarian analogy that begins in the heart and advances through the incarnate Word in the Spirit toward the whole Christ. This new analogy of grace is radically universal and inclusive while also wholly informed by the distinct form of Jesus Christ.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

CHAPTER ONE Grace upon Grace: The Historical Emergence of an Analogy

CHAPTER TWO The Gift Within: Rahner and the Always Already Self-Communication of God

CHAPTER THREE The Gracing Gestalt: Balthasar and the Reciprocity of the Interior and Incarnate Word

CHAPTER FOUR Concurring Analogies: Przywara and the Rhythmic Structure of a Christomorphic Movement

CHAPTER FIVE Toward the Totus Christus: The Recirculating Advance of Grace in Time

CHAPTER SIX Epilogue: A Parallax Framework for Participation in Divine Life

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780268208653

0268208654

9780268208660

0268208662