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Balthasar on the spiritual senses : perceiving splendour /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McInroy, Mark (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Changing paradigms in historical and systematic theology.
Subjects:
Balthasar, Hans Urs von, > 1905-1988.
Aesthetics > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Senses and sensation > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Experience (Religion) > History of doctrines.
Theology, Doctrinal > History > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 'In the spirit of Origen': Balthasar's exploration of patristic versions of the spiritual senses
  • Balthasar's reading of medieval and early modern versions of the spiritual senses
  • The spiritual senses in a modern idiom: Balthasar's contemporary interlocutors
  • Balthasar's distinctive rearticulation of the doctrine of the spiritual senses
  • Perceiving splendour: the role of the spiritual senses in Balthasar's theological aesthetics
  • Seeing (spiritually) is believing: the spiritual senses and faith
  • Conclusion.