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Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905–1988)

Author of Prayer

300+ Works 8,219 Members 45 Reviews 12 Favorited

About the Author

Hans Urs Von Balthasar, (1905-1988), a man of towering intellect and extraordinary culture and the author of vast theological works, is widely recognized as one of the most influential figures in theology from the twentieth century to the present. He is best known for his major work The Glory of show more the Lord, his multivolume trilogy on the beautiful, the good, and the true. show less

Series

Works by Hans Urs von Balthasar

Prayer (1961) 572 copies
Love Alone Is Credible (1963) 334 copies
A Theology of History (1959) 202 copies
Heart of the World (1980) 183 copies
The Christian and Anxiety (1901) — Author — 123 copies
Mary for Today (1987) 119 copies
The von Balthasar Reader (1982) 119 copies
Christian Meditation (1984) 105 copies
The Threefold Garland (1982) 98 copies
The Christian State of Life (1983) 82 copies
Elucidations (1975) 77 copies
Epilogue (1987) 70 copies
My Work: In Retrospect (1965) 69 copies
New Elucidations (1979) 61 copies
Who is a Christian? (1831) 50 copies
The Way of the Cross (1969) 42 copies
A theological anthropology (1967) 41 copies
Priestly Spirituality (2008) 32 copies
Homo creatus est (1986) 28 copies
Gloria (1985) 20 copies
Two Say Why (1971) 16 copies
Church and world (1967) 14 copies
Pneuma e institución (1974) 8 copies
La dramatique divine (1984) 8 copies
Punto centrales de la fe (1985) 8 copies
Der antirömische Affekt (1974) 6 copies
L' impegno del cristiano nel mondo (2017) — Author — 5 copies
Maria. Icona della Chiesa (1998) 5 copies
Dante (1984) 4 copies
El cristianismo es un don (1972) 4 copies
Verbum Caro (2001) 3 copies
Pâques, le mystere (1981) 3 copies
Teología de la historia (1992) 3 copies
¿Quien es un cristiano? (2001) 3 copies
Incontrare Cristo (1992) 3 copies
Schwestern im Geist (1990) 3 copies
La meditazione 2 copies
L'enfer une question (1992) 2 copies
A Megnemismert felhője (1987) 2 copies
Cattolico 2 copies
Il nostro compito (1991) 2 copies
Grains de blé (2003) 2 copies
Christlicher Stand (1977) 2 copies
3,2: Theologie 2 copies
Gesù e il cristiano (1998) 2 copies
Dans l'engagement de Dieu (1973) 2 copies
Esistenza sacerdotale (2010) 2 copies
Luz De La Palabra (1998) 2 copies
Teologica (1997) 2 copies
Gott und das Leid (1984) 2 copies
Pojašnjenja 1 copy
Cardinal de Lubac (1983) 1 copy
PUNTI FERMI. (1972) 1 copy
Esperer pour tous (1993) 1 copy
Serce świata (2003) 1 copy
Ensayos teológicos (2008) 1 copy
Dialogo 1 copy
Maria Para Hoje (2016) 1 copy
Il tutto nel frammento (1970) 1 copy

Associated Works

Confessions (0397) — Translator, some editions — 22,279 copies
Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism (1985) — Afterword, some editions — 413 copies
Prayer: The Mission of the Church (1996) — Foreword, some editions — 54 copies
Woman in the Church (1977) — Afterword — 42 copies
Osez Croire Osez Vivre (Folio Actuel) (French Edition) (1986) — Preface, some editions — 2 copies
Bd. 2. Die dunkle Nacht und die Gedichte — Translator, some editions — 1 copy

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re-assessment of Christian belief
 
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SrMaryLea | 2 other reviews | Aug 22, 2023 |
Worth reading every year from Passiontide through the Easter Octave.
 
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nunblogger | Feb 20, 2022 |
Two great theologians endeavor to recover the centrality of Marian doctrine and devotion for the contemporary Church, offering a spiritually rich approach to Mariology that brings into new relief the Marian contours of ecclesial faith. Ratzinger and von Balthasar show that Mary is both the embodiment of the Church, and the mother who co-operates in giving birth to the Church in the souls of believers.

At once profound and yet readily accessible, Mary: The Church at the Source offers a theologically balanced and biblically grounded presentation of traditional and contemporary thought on Marian doctrine and spirituality.… (more)
 
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StFrancisofAssisi | Feb 6, 2021 |
"In this year, I wrote this book. Then later I wrote this one. Then, after that, I wrote this one. Karl Rahner is more a journalist than he is a serious thinker. The following year, I wrote this book." Repeat three times, and you have this book.

A lot of people have given this good ratings, and I'm glad they got something out of it, but as far as I can see it's just poorly written, uninformative self-congratulation. I don't begrudge the self-congratulation; Balthasar had a lot to congratulate himself for. Its the lack of information and the turgid prose that I can't handle. Really only the last piece, written in 1988, even suggests something about the detailed contents of the books.… (more)
 
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Rating
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ISBNs
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16
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