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Balthasar on the spiritual senses : perceiving splendour /

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In this study, Mark McInroy argues that the 'spiritual senses' play a crucial yet previously unappreciated role in the theological aesthetics of Hans Urs von Balthasar. The doctrine of the spiritual senses typically claims that human beings can be made capable of perceiving non-corporeal,...

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Main Author: McInroy, Mark (Author)
Format: eBook
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.
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.
Sens et sensations > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Expérience religieuse > Histoire des doctrines.
Théologie dogmatique > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Esthétique > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Systematic.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
Theology, Doctrinal
Senses and sensation > Religious aspects > Christianity
Experience (Religion) > History of doctrines
Aesthetics > Religious aspects > Christianity
1900-1999
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Summary:In this study, Mark McInroy argues that the 'spiritual senses' play a crucial yet previously unappreciated role in the theological aesthetics of Hans Urs von Balthasar. The doctrine of the spiritual senses typically claims that human beings can be made capable of perceiving non-corporeal, 'spiritual' realities.
Item Description:Revision of the author's thesis (Th. D.)--Harvard University, 2009 under title Perceiving splendor : the "doctrine of the spiritual senses" in Hans Urs von Balthasar's theological aesthetic
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 217 pages .)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-213) and index.
ISBN:9780191768095
019176809X
9780191002946
0191002941