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The Trinitarian Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar

An Introduction

By: Brendan McInerny

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The Trinitarian Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar

An Introduction

By: Brendan McInerny

Although scholarship has long recognized the centrality of the Trinity in the theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar, no sustained treatment of this theme has been published until now. In this insightful new book, The Trinitarian Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar, Brendan McInerny fills this gap, situating Balthasar’s trinitarian theology in conversation with both the wider Christian theological tradition and his non-Christian intellectual contemporaries. Drawing from across Balthasar’s extensive body of works, McInerny argues that Balthasar’s vivid description of the immanent Trinity provides a way to speak of how “God is love” in himself, beyond his relationship to creatures. He then shows how Balthasar’s speculation into the immanent Trinity serves as the substructure of his theology of deification. For Balthasar, what we say about the inner life of God matters because we are called to share in that very life through Christ and the Holy Spirit, to the glory of God the Father. Finally, responding to the criticisms that Balthasar’s speculations into the inner life of God are without warrant, McInerny argues that Balthasar’s bold trinitarian claims are actually a vehicle for apophatic theology. Balthasar’s vivid description of the triune God does not transgress the boundaries of theological discourse. Rather, it manifests God’s ever-greater incomprehensibility through verbal excess, oxymoron, and paradox.

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University of Notre Dame Pess

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0268107599

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Evolution, Chance, and God

Understanding the Relationship Between Evolution and Religion

By: Brendan Sweetman

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Evolution, Chance, and God

Understanding the Relationship Between Evolution and Religion

By: Brendan Sweetman

Evolution, Chance, and God looks at the relationship between religion and evolution from a philosophical perspective. This relationship is fascinating, complex and often very controversial, involving myriad issues that are difficult to keep separate from each other. Evolution, Chance, and God introduces the reader to the main themes of this debate and to the theory of evolution, while arguing for a particular viewpoint, namely that evolution and religion are compatible, and that, contrary to the views of some influential thinkers, there is no chance operating in the theory of evolution, a conclusion that has great significance for teleology. One of the main aims of this book is not simply to critique one influential contemporary view that evolution and religion are incompatible, but to explore specific ways of how we might understand their compatibility, as well as the implications of evolution for religious belief. This involves an exploration of how and why God might have created by means of evolution, and what the consequences in particular are for the status of human beings in creation, and for issues such as free will, the objectivity of morality, and the problem of evil. By probing how the theory of evolution and religion could be reconciled, Sweetman says that we can address more deeply key foundational questions concerning chance, design, suffering and morality, and God's way of acting in and through creation.

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249

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1628929855

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9781628929850

Religion and Science: An Introduction

By: Brendan Sweetman

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Religion and Science: An Introduction

By: Brendan Sweetman

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242

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A&C Black

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1847060153

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Handy with the Stick

Irish Fiddlers in Words and Music

By: BRENDAN TAAFFE

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Handy with the Stick

Irish Fiddlers in Words and Music

By: BRENDAN TAAFFE

A collection of interviews of the top fiddlers in the Irish tradition, Handy with the Stick brings together previously published magazine pieces with new work to present a broad view of Irish fiddling. Interviewees include Tommy Peoples, Siobhan Peoples, Paddy Glackin, Matt Cranitch, John Carty, Brendan McGlinchey, Caoimhin O Raghallaigh and Sarah Blair. Historical pieces include Junior Crehan, Patrick Kelly and Sean Ryan. By looking at players from multiple eras and regional styles, Handy with the Stick deepens our understanding of the people involved in Irish traditional music. Each chapter is accompanied by transcriptions of representative fiddle tunes, some of which are previously unpublished originals.•

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Mel Bay Publications

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1609746937

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9781609746933

The God Who Is Beauty

Beauty as a Divine Name in Thomas Aquinas and Dionysius the Areopagite

By: Brendan Thomas Sammon

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The God Who Is Beauty

Beauty as a Divine Name in Thomas Aquinas and Dionysius the Areopagite

By: Brendan Thomas Sammon

When in the sixth century Dionysius the Areopagite declared beauty to be a name for God, he gave birth to something that had long been gestating in the womb of philosophical and theological thought. In doing so, Dionysius makes one of his most pivotal contributions to Christian theological discourse. It is a contribution that is enthusiastically received by the schoolmen of the Middle Ages, and it comes to permeate the thought of scholasticism in a multitude of ways. But perhaps nowhere is the Dionysian influence more pronounced than in the thought of Thomas Aquinas. This book examines both the historical development of beauty's appropriation as a name for God in Dionysius and Thomas, and the various contours of what it means. The argument that emerges from this study is that given the impact that the divine name theological tradition has within the development of Christian theological discourse, beauty as a divine name indicates the way in which beauty is most fundamentally conceived in the Christian theological tradition as a theological theme. As a phenomenon of inquiry, beauty proves itself to be enigmatic and elusive to even the sharpest intellects in the Greek philosophical tradition. When it is absorbed within the Christian theological synthesis, however, its enigmatic content proves to be a powerful resource for theological reasoning.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1620322455

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9781620322451

The Vision of Gabriel Marcel

Epistemology, Human Person, the Transcendent

By: Brendan Sweetman

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The Vision of Gabriel Marcel

Epistemology, Human Person, the Transcendent

By: Brendan Sweetman

This book illustrates the profound implications of Gabriel Marcel’s unique existentialist approach to epistemology not only for traditional themes in his work concerning ethics and the transcendent, but also for epistemological issues, concerning the objectivity of knowledge, the problem of skepticism, and the nature of non-conceptual knowledge, among others. There are also chapters of dialogue with philosophers, Jacques Maritain and Martin Buber. In focusing on these themes, the book makes a distinctive contribution to the literature on Marcel.

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BRILL

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9401205817

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9789401205818

Gale Researcher Guide for: Introduction to Moral Philosophy

By: Brendan Sweetman

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Gale Researcher Guide for: Introduction to Moral Philosophy

By: Brendan Sweetman

Gale Researcher Guide for: Introduction to Moral Philosophy is selected from Gale's academic platform Gale Researcher. These study guides provide peer-reviewed articles that allow students early success in finding scholarly materials and to gain the confidence and vocabulary needed to pursue deeper research.

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Gale, Cengage Learning

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1535856572

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9781535856577

Religion: Key Concepts in Philosophy

By: Brendan Sweetman

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Religion: Key Concepts in Philosophy

By: Brendan Sweetman

The philosophy of religion is a core area in the study of philosophy, as well as being a subject of growing contemporary interest. It encompasses some of the major and most complex philosophical questions. Does God exist? What is God's nature? Why does God allow evil? What is a religious experience? Are religion and science compatible? What relevance does evolution have for religious belief? It also covers questions concerning the challenge of religious pluralism, a topic of great contemporary relevance. Written with the specific needs of students new to philosophy in mind, Religion: Key Concepts in Philosophy covers the work of major thinkers and outlines clearly the central questions and arguments encountered in studying the philosophy of religion. This is an engaging and clear introduction to a major component of the undergraduate philosophy curriculum, as well as being an ideal support for general readers.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1441197060

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Truth and Religious Belief

Philosophical Reflections on Philosophy of Religion

By: Curtis L. Hancock,Brendan Sweetman,Randolph Feezell

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Truth and Religious Belief

Philosophical Reflections on Philosophy of Religion

By: Curtis L. Hancock,Brendan Sweetman,Randolph Feezell

This book contains a thorough and balanced series of dialogues introducing key topics in philosophy of religion, such as: the existence and nature of God, the problem of evil, religious pluralism, the nature of religious experience, immortality, and the meaning of life. A realistic cast of characters in a natural setting engages in a series of thought-provoking conversations; the dialogue format of these conversations captures typical student attitudes and questions concerning religious belief; allows comparison of important themes throughout the dialogues; encourages the interjection of insights, observations, questions, and objections; and introduces related points when they would naturally arise, instead of relegating them to a later chapter. As well as presenting a detailed and probing discussion, each dialogue includes a list of key terms, a set of study questions, and a bibliography - all of which make this an excellent text for courses in philosophy of religion and introductory philosophy classes.

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195

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Routledge

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1315480115

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9781315480114

The Crisis of Democratic Pluralism

The Loss of Confidence in Reason and the Clash of Worldviews

By: Brendan Sweetman

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The Crisis of Democratic Pluralism

The Loss of Confidence in Reason and the Clash of Worldviews

By: Brendan Sweetman

This book argues that contemporary liberal democracy is reaching a crisis. Brendan Sweetman contends that this crisis arises from a contentious pluralism involving the rise of incommensurable worldviews that emerge out of the absolutizing of freedom over time in a democratic setting. This clash of worldviews is further complicated by a loss of confidence in reason and by the practical failure of public discourse. A contributory factor is the growing worldview of secularism which needs to be distinguished from both the process of secularization and the concept of the secular state. After describing the crisis, and exploring these themes, and also rejecting proposed solutions from recent liberal political theory, Sweetman develops an approach to pluralist disagreement which requires a re-envisioning of the relationship between religion, secularism and politics, and which allows a limited place for all worldviews in the state, including religious worldviews. Engaging with the work of Philip Kitcher, Robert Audi, John Rawls, A.C. Grayling, Martin Luther King, Cécile Laborde, John Stuart Mill, John Locke, and Plato, Sweetman's approach is a formidable innovation in the quest to maintain a free and fair society.

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Springer Nature

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3030783820

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9783030783822

The Trinitarian Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar

An Introduction

By: Brendan McInerny

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The Trinitarian Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar

An Introduction

By: Brendan McInerny

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Book's by Brendan McInerny

The Trinitarian Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar

The Trinitarian Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar

Evolution, Chance, and God

Evolution, Chance, and God

Religion and Science: An Introduction

Religion and Science: An Introduction

Handy with the Stick

Handy with the Stick

The God Who Is Beauty

The God Who Is Beauty

The Vision of Gabriel Marcel

The Vision of Gabriel Marcel

Gale Researcher Guide for: Introduction to Moral Philosophy

Gale Researcher Guide for: Introduction to Moral Philosophy

Religion: Key Concepts in Philosophy

Religion: Key Concepts in Philosophy

Truth and Religious Belief

Truth and Religious Belief

The Crisis of Democratic Pluralism

The Crisis of Democratic Pluralism

The Trinitarian Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar

The Trinitarian Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar

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