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Between Apocalypse and Eschaton examines the systematic theology of Henri de Lubac, SJ, one of the most significant Catholic theologians of the twentieth century. While much of the recent work on de Lubac centers on the controversies surrounding his theology of the supernatural, Between Apocalypse and Eschaton argues that eschatology is the key to de Lubac’s theological project and critical to understanding the nouvelle théologie, the group of theologians with whom de Lubac was associated. At the time, intra-Catholic controversies arose around the nouvelle théologie as part of a broader anxiety over the loss of the eternal in twentieth-century Europe. The German occupation of France in World War II was the backdrop for a renewed apocalyptic and eschatological thinking among French Catholics.
The nouvelle théologie generated a debate over the meaning of “the end” that was critical to understanding the theological, spiritual, and political fissures in the postwar period. After World War II, de Lubac’s writings increasingly focused on the theology of history and eschatology. The present work returns focus to this often neglected aspect of de Lubac’s work.
Title: Between Apocalypse and Eschaton: History and Eternity in Henri de Lubac By: Joseph S. Flipper Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 344 Vendor: Fortress Press Publication Date: 2015 | Dimensions: 9 X 6 (inches) Weight: 1 pound 4 ounces ISBN: 1451484569 ISBN-13: 9781451484564 Stock No: WW484564 |
Between Apocalypse and Eschaton examines the systematic theology of Henri de Lubac, SJ, one of the most significant Catholic theologians of the twentieth century. While much of the recent work on de Lubac centers on the controversies surrounding his theology of the supernatural, Between Apocalypse and Eschaton argues that eschatology is the key to de Lubacs theological project and critical to understanding the nouvelle thologie, the group of theologians with whom de Lubac was associated. At the time, intra-Catholic controversies arose around the nouvelle thologie as part of a broader anxiety over the loss of the eternal in twentieth-century Europe. The German occupation of France in World War II was the backdrop for a renewed apocalyptic and eschatological thinking among French Catholics.
The nouvelle thologie generated a debate over the meaning of the end that was critical to understanding the theological, spiritual, and political fissures in the postwar period. After World War II, de Lubacs writings increasingly focused on the theology of history and eschatology. The present work returns focus to this often neglected aspect of de Lubacs work.
Joseph S. Flipper is assistant professor of theology at Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and was a Ford Foundation fellowship recipient. His most recent publication is the article "Suffering as Glory in Hans Urs von Balthasar and James Cone"; in The Journal of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium (2013).
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