The Eschatology of Hans Urs von Balthasar: Being As Communion

by Nicholas J. Healy

Overview

The unifying centre of Nicholas J. Healy's book is an analysis, in dialogue with the metaphysics of Thomas Aquinas, of Balthasar's understanding of the analogy of being. This discussion of analogy is framed by an interpretation of Balthasar's trinitarian eschatology. Healy shows that the ultimate form of the end, and thus the measure of all that is meant by eschatology, is given in Christ's eucharistic and pneumatic gift of himself - a gift that simultaneously lays bare the mystery of God's trinitarian life and enables Christ to 'return' to the Father in communion with the whole of creation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199278367
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	08/11/2005
Series:	Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs
Pages:	244
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 5.50(h) x 0.69(d)

About the Author

Nicholas J. Healy is Director of the Austrian Program and Assistant Professor of Theology at Ave Maria University.

Table of Contents

1. The Idea of a Christian Eschatology2. The Analogy of Being3. The Hypostatic Union4. Within the Divine LifeConclusion: Eschatology as Communion