In 1999, when Graham Ward examined my doctoral thesis, he pointed out that I was
somewhat dismissive of Hans Urs von Balthasar, and he wondered if I might have offered a
more developed analysis of his theology. I replied that I thought life was too short to analyse …

IN THIS ESSAY I CONSIDER POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF FEMINIST THEOLogy to
theological aesthetics and ethics by comparing the work of Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905—
88), the predominant figure in theological aesthetics, with that of Elizabeth Johnson and …

According to the Swiss theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar, a world that has lost sight of
beauty is a world riddled with skepticism, moral and aesthetic relativism, conflicting religious
worldviews, and escalating ecological crises. In The Eclipse and Recovery of Beauty, John …

Abstract Hans Urs von Balthasar's “Theo‐Drama: Theological Dramatic Theory” exhibits a
mutual funding of a hierarchical ordering of the relation between “man” and “woman” and a
hierarchical ordering of the relation between the Father, the Son, and the Spirit. The two …

In this magisterial work, Michele M. Schumacher seeks to promote dialogue between
disciples of the Swiss theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar (d. 1988) and those of the church's
common doctor, St. Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) on a critical theological question. How are …

The ecclesial war on women religious and theologians reveals a dynamic of mansplaining,
where male religious elites, threatened by the encroachment of women speaking with
authority, react with hermeneutical violence toward those women. This hermeneutical …

This article looks at two major metaphors used in contemporary ecclesiology, the church as
“the People of God” and as “the Bride of Christ,” which have functioned in some of the
polarizing debates within the Catholic Church in North America. It then suggests some …

Asking the question 'What does beauty have to do with justice?', I am concerned with
women's encounter, experience and expression of the Divine through their creativity, as well
as the theological significance of women's aesthetic expression and creativity in the contexts …

Hans Urs von Balthasar's vast corpus of theological, philosophical, literary, and pastoral
writings remains one of the most impressive achievements in 20th century thought. In light of
liberation theology and now the papacy of Francis, however, a theological affirmation of the …