| Description |
1 online resource (xxxi, 319 pages) |
| Contents |
Love Itself is Understanding; Love Itself is Understanding; ; ; ; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Balthasar, the Ignatian Theologian; Balthasar on Mission; Saints, Truth, and Theology; Truth as Love; "I am the Truth"; Spirit of Truth, Spirit of Love; Love Itself is Understanding; Saintly Styles: A Case Study on Adrienne von Speyr; Conclusion: Theology and the Saints; Selected Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Love Itself is Understanding is one of the first treatments of Balthasar's theology of the saints. Moser presents Balthasar as an alternative to Idealist philosophy, a thinker who develops a religious metaphysics in which the saints' practices of prayer and contemplation are the chief mode of knowing that the Truth of Being is divine love |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-310) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Balthasar, Hans Urs von, 1905-1988.
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| SUBJECT |
Balthasar, Hans Urs von, 1905-1988 fast |
| Subject |
Christian saints -- Cult -- History of doctrines
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RELIGION -- Christian Theology -- Angelology & Demonology.
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Christian saints -- Cult -- History of doctrines
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781506418995 |
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1506418996 |
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