Hans Urs von Balthasar Collection (49 vols.)

by Hans Urs von Balthasar; John Saward; Angelo Scola

Publishers:

Ignatius; Communio Books; Crossroad

, 1984–2014

Overview

Study the essential wisdom of one of the greatest theologians of the last century—Hans Urs von Balthasar. Writing over 100 books and articles, he was devoted to addressing spiritual and practical issues of his time and resisted reductionism and the human focus of modernity, wanting Christians to challenge modern and philosophical assumptions.

Hans Urs von Balthasar is lauded equally by Catholics and Protestants for his theological works and his response to Western modernism. Read his extensive writings on the laity and on engaging the modern world with faith, and gain insight from his reflections on his own work in the 1993 volume, My Work: In Retrospect.

Key Features

• Presents a diverse sampling of this great theologian’s corpus
• Links every cross-reference to the Church Fathers and to other works of von Balthasar
• Offers a glimpse of von Balthasar’s personal side through his autobiography and unique volumes of short reflections
• Unveils a thorough synopsis of Balthasar’s theological thought
• Features practical and invigorating theological ideas
• Contains works that have been translated from German to English