[The author initiates a dialogue between Hans Urs von Balthasar and contemporary feminist
theology, focusing on three areas: theological anthropology, theological method, and
Christology. Each section begins by exploring Balthasar's theological standpoint. This is …

This essay uses the motif of 'the woman as answer'in Barth and von Balthasar to explore
aspects of their accounts of sexual difference in relation to ontological and trinitarian
difference. In both cases the motif is shown to be problematic for reasons which become …

The story of the laboured negotiations that attended the eventual destiny of the Marian
schema presented to the Fathers of the Second Vatican Council is well known. A close vote
on 29 October 1963 determined that the Blessed Virgin should find her place in the …

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 …

[Balthasar values the temporal and historical dimensions of human existence, but the time
and history that interest him are those of the individual subject. The author argues that an
important reason for this is Balthasars model of the Trinity, which is interpersonal rather than …

This essay engages in the debate in feminist theology over the adequacy of the category of
kenosis for interpreting women's experience. It does so by looking at a particular exchange
between two British theologians, Daphne Hampson and Sarah Coakley. The paper expands …

[The originality and vigor of Balthasars use of the term Stellvertretung—literally"
representation"(Vertretung) by taking one's place (Stelle)—lies in his depiction of Christ as
the Stellvertrer or representative of the Father. Christ's irrevocable gift of self even unto …