Love's Beauty At the Heart of the Christian Moral Life
Barrett, Melanie Susan.
Love's Beauty At the Heart of the Christian Moral Life The Ethics of Catholic Theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar. [electronic resource] : - Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2009. - 1 online resource (334 p.) - Roman Catholic Studies ; v.27 . - Roman Catholic studies. .
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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 (electronic bk.) 0773411984 (electronic bk.)
Balthasar, Hans Urs von, 1905-1988.
Aesthetics -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
Balthasar, Hans Urs von, 1905-1988.
Christian ethics -- Catholic authors.
God (Christianity) -- Beauty.
God (Christianity) -- Love.
Love -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
Philosophy.
Religion.
Christian ethics--Catholic authors.
God (Christianity)--Love.
God (Christianity)--Beauty.
Love--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Aesthetics--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
RELIGION / Christian Theology / Ethics
Electronic books.
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. [electronic resource] : - Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2009. - 1 online resource (334 p.) - Roman Catholic Studies ; v.27 . - Roman Catholic studies. .
Description based upon print version of record.
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 (electronic bk.) 0773411984 (electronic bk.)
Balthasar, Hans Urs von, 1905-1988.
Aesthetics -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
Balthasar, Hans Urs von, 1905-1988.
Christian ethics -- Catholic authors.
God (Christianity) -- Beauty.
God (Christianity) -- Love.
Love -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
Philosophy.
Religion.
Christian ethics--Catholic authors.
God (Christianity)--Love.
God (Christianity)--Beauty.
Love--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Aesthetics--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
RELIGION / Christian Theology / Ethics
Electronic books.
BJ1249 .B32 2009
241.042092 241/.042092
