Love's Beauty At the Heart of the Christian Moral Life : the Ethics of Catholic Theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar.
Barrett, Melanie Susan.
Love's Beauty At the Heart of the Christian Moral Life : the Ethics of Catholic Theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar. - Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2009. - 1 online resource (334 pages) - Roman Catholic Studies ; v. 27 . - Roman Catholic studies. .
Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Table of Abbreviations; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: Why Aesthetics? Ethical, Metaphysical, and Epistemological Considerations; I.1. Approaching Ethics "Aesthetically": Problems and Solutions; I.2. Elimination of Aesthetics from Theology: The Protestant Side; I.3. Elimination of Aesthetics from Theology: The Catholic Side; I.4. Toward a Solution: Clarifying the Task at Hand; 1.5. Constructing a Theological Aesthetics: Philosophical Assumptions; I.6. Perceiving the Divine: Is Natural Religion Possible? Chapter 2: Theological Perception: Contemplating Christ "Aesthetically"II.1. God Reveals Himself to Us; II.2. How Do We Recognize Jesus as God? Balthasar's Aesthetic Theory of Theological Perception; II.3. Conclusion; Chapter 3: Spiritula and Moral Response to the Glory of God in Christ; III.1. One Possible Response: Refusing God's Love; III.2. Another Response to God's Love: Love Awakens Love; III.3. Attunement to God; III.4. Attunement to God in Christ; III.5. Christian Obedience: Limits and Qualifications; III.6. Christian Action: Being Sent on a Mission; III.7. Conclusion. Chapter 4: The Christian Moral LifeIV. 1. Becoming Virtuous: Christ as Concrete Ethical Norm; IV. 2. Love's Perfectionist Orientation: All Are Called to Love Perfectly; IV. 3. The Process of Moral Formation; IV. 4. Conclusion; Chapter 5: Further Refining Balthasar's Ethics; V.1. Christian Moral Judgment; V.2. Conclusion: Critiquing Balthasar's Ethics; Bibliography; Index.
This study develops the ethical theory implicit in the writings of Hans Urs von Balthasar, a prominent twentieth-century Swiss Catholic theologian. Balthasar's attempt to critically retrieve the concept of beauty for Christian theology yields important ethical insights, culminating in an aesthetic and dramatic theory of ethics: one in which the perception of the beauty of God's love in Christ becomes a foundational experience for moral formation and ongoing ethical discernment.
9780773411982 0773411984
Balthasar, Hans Urs von, cardinale, 1905-1988
Balthasar, Hans Urs von, 1905-1988
Christian ethics--Catholic authors.
God (Christianity)--Love.
God (Christianity)--Beauty.
Love--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Aesthetics--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Morale chrétienne--Auteurs catholiques.
Dieu (Christianisme)--Amour.
Dieu (Christianisme)--Beauté.
Amour--Aspect religieux--Église catholique.
Esthétique--Aspect religieux--Église catholique.
RELIGION--Christian Theology--Ethics.
Aesthetics--Religious aspects--Catholic Church
Christian ethics--Catholic authors
God (Christianity)--Beauty
God (Christianity)--Love
Love--Religious aspects--Catholic Church
Philosophy.
Philosophy & Religion.
Ethics.
BJ1249 .B32 2009
241.042092 241/.042092
Love's Beauty At the Heart of the Christian Moral Life : the Ethics of Catholic Theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar. - Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2009. - 1 online resource (334 pages) - Roman Catholic Studies ; v. 27 . - Roman Catholic studies. .
Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Table of Abbreviations; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: Why Aesthetics? Ethical, Metaphysical, and Epistemological Considerations; I.1. Approaching Ethics "Aesthetically": Problems and Solutions; I.2. Elimination of Aesthetics from Theology: The Protestant Side; I.3. Elimination of Aesthetics from Theology: The Catholic Side; I.4. Toward a Solution: Clarifying the Task at Hand; 1.5. Constructing a Theological Aesthetics: Philosophical Assumptions; I.6. Perceiving the Divine: Is Natural Religion Possible? Chapter 2: Theological Perception: Contemplating Christ "Aesthetically"II.1. God Reveals Himself to Us; II.2. How Do We Recognize Jesus as God? Balthasar's Aesthetic Theory of Theological Perception; II.3. Conclusion; Chapter 3: Spiritula and Moral Response to the Glory of God in Christ; III.1. One Possible Response: Refusing God's Love; III.2. Another Response to God's Love: Love Awakens Love; III.3. Attunement to God; III.4. Attunement to God in Christ; III.5. Christian Obedience: Limits and Qualifications; III.6. Christian Action: Being Sent on a Mission; III.7. Conclusion. Chapter 4: The Christian Moral LifeIV. 1. Becoming Virtuous: Christ as Concrete Ethical Norm; IV. 2. Love's Perfectionist Orientation: All Are Called to Love Perfectly; IV. 3. The Process of Moral Formation; IV. 4. Conclusion; Chapter 5: Further Refining Balthasar's Ethics; V.1. Christian Moral Judgment; V.2. Conclusion: Critiquing Balthasar's Ethics; Bibliography; Index.
This study develops the ethical theory implicit in the writings of Hans Urs von Balthasar, a prominent twentieth-century Swiss Catholic theologian. Balthasar's attempt to critically retrieve the concept of beauty for Christian theology yields important ethical insights, culminating in an aesthetic and dramatic theory of ethics: one in which the perception of the beauty of God's love in Christ becomes a foundational experience for moral formation and ongoing ethical discernment.
9780773411982 0773411984
Balthasar, Hans Urs von, cardinale, 1905-1988
Balthasar, Hans Urs von, 1905-1988
Christian ethics--Catholic authors.
God (Christianity)--Love.
God (Christianity)--Beauty.
Love--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Aesthetics--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Morale chrétienne--Auteurs catholiques.
Dieu (Christianisme)--Amour.
Dieu (Christianisme)--Beauté.
Amour--Aspect religieux--Église catholique.
Esthétique--Aspect religieux--Église catholique.
RELIGION--Christian Theology--Ethics.
Aesthetics--Religious aspects--Catholic Church
Christian ethics--Catholic authors
God (Christianity)--Beauty
God (Christianity)--Love
Love--Religious aspects--Catholic Church
Philosophy.
Philosophy & Religion.
Ethics.
BJ1249 .B32 2009
241.042092 241/.042092