Henry Shea S. J.

An Analogy of Grace (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An Analogy of Grace proposes a deeply grounded investigation of grace and a robustly balanced impetus for advancing the gospel in the twenty-first century.

Amid the present decline in religious affiliation, a pervasive question for many is "why bother" with faith and its practices. An Analogy of Grace engages this question in the context of grace, or our participation in the life and love of God, and investigates the difference made by the diverse ways in which the self-communication of God is received and participated. Shea begins with the contrasting models provided by twentieth-century theologians Karl Rahner and Hans Urs von Balthasar. Rahner focused on how grace is universally accessible within the heart, while Balthasar envisioned grace as found principally through an encounter with the incarnate Word. Henry Shea charts a course within and beyond this difference, bolstered by fresh and insightful analysis of the work of Erich Przywara, Henri de Lubac, and other major theologians.

An Analogy of Grace posits that grace is best understood as a moving Trinitarian analogy that begins in the heart and advances through the incarnate Word in the Spirit toward the whole Christ. This new analogy of grace is radically universal and inclusive while also wholly informed by the distinct form of Jesus Christ.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Notre Dame Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780268208653
• Artikelnr.: 73464025

Autorenporträt

Henry Shea, S.J., is assistant professor of theology at Boston College.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Grace upon Grace: The Historical Emergence of an Analogy
2. The Gift Within: Rahner and the Always Already Self-Communication of God
3. The Gracing Gestalt: Balthasar and the Reciprocity of the Interior and
Incarnate Word
4. Concurring Analogies: Przywara and the Rhythmic Structure of a
Christomorphic Movement
5. Toward the Totus Christus: The Recirculating Advance of Grace in Time
6. Epilogue: A Parallax Framework for Participation in Divine Life
Notes Bibliography Index