Love Itself Is Understanding: Hans Urs von Balthasar's Theology of the Saints Author: Matthew A. Rothaus Moser Retail Price: $58.19 Our Price: $58.19 Save: 0.00 (0.00%) Availability: In Stock        What do the saints have to do with truth? Saints and their concern for holiness are often relegated to the realm of spirituality or kitsch, while the search for truth is reserved for the intellectual elite. Truth and spirituality appear to be utterly separate categories. Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905–1988) set out to reunite truth and holiness by returning the saints to their proper place at the heart of philosophy, theology, and metaphysics. Love Itself Is Understanding is one of the first systematic treatments of Balthasar’s theology of the saints. Matthew Rothaus 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. Love Itself Is Understanding casts new light on dominant themes in Balthasar’s thought and invites a renewed vision of the theological and metaphysical significance of the spiritual practices of prayer, obedience, and charity.  Similar Items you may enjoy! And Still We Wait: Hans Urs von Balthasar's Theology of Holy Saturday and Christian Discipleship Author: Riyako Cecilia Hikota Our Price: $29.00 And Still We Wait: Hans Urs von Balthasar's Theology of Holy Saturday and Christian Discipleship - eBook Author: Riyako Cecilia Hikota Our Price: $13.75 The Authority of the Saints: Drawing on the Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar - eBook Author: Pauline Dimech and Dominic Robinson Our Price: $17.05 Saving Karl Barth: Hans Urs von Balthasar's Preoccupation Author: D. Stephen Long Our Price: $61.25

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