Christian Meditation - Softcover

Hans Urs Von Balthasar

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0898702356 ISBN 13: 9780898702354

Publisher: Ignatius Press, 1993

Synopsis

While von Balthasar's classic Prayer is unparalleled in its development of the Trinitarian, Christological, Mariological and ecclesiological dimensions of prayer, Christian Meditation is a short, readable and eminently practical guide to that form of prayer which God's revelation in Jesus Christ has made indispensable: meditation on the word of God revealing the inner depths of God to man and since it comes from God made man the inner depths of man to himself. In a treatment that is both fresh and profound, Balthasar describes the central elements of all Christian meditation, provides a guide for making the meditation and then points the way to the union that prayer achieves in the footsteps of Mary, within the Church and in and for the world.

About this title

About the Author:

Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905-88), a Swiss theologian and priest, is considered by many the most important Catholic theologian of the twentieth century. Incredibly prolific and diverse, he wrote over one hundred books and many hundreds of articles. A favorite theologian and spiritual writer of Pope Francis, as well as the two previous Popes, he was called the most cultured man of our time by Henri de Lubac, and Karl Rahner described his achievements as really breathtaking.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ignatius Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0898702356
• ISBN 13: 9780898702354
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 97