Barrett, Melanie Susan. <br/><br/>
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. .
<br/><br/> Description based upon print version of record. 
<br/><br/>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; 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780773411982 (electronic bk.) 0773411984 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Balthasar, Hans Urs von, 1905-1988. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Aesthetics -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.<br/>Balthasar, Hans Urs von, 1905-1988.<br/>Christian ethics -- Catholic authors.<br/>God (Christianity) -- Beauty.<br/>God (Christianity) -- Love.<br/>Love -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.<br/>Philosophy.<br/>Religion.<br/>Christian ethics--Catholic authors.<br/>God (Christianity)--Love.<br/>God (Christianity)--Beauty.<br/>Love--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.<br/>Aesthetics--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.<br/>RELIGION / Christian Theology / Ethics
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BJ1249 .B32 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>241.042092  241/.042092