Hans Urs von Balthasar, despite the fact he didn’t want to label himself as a theologian, is one of the most important theologians of the 20 th century. There are, of course, a considerable number of ...

The prolific and often eccentric Swiss theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905-88) must surely be considered one of the most influential Catholic thinkers of the past century. The author of over 100 ...

It’s a given von Balthasar is smarter than you are. Henri de Lubac once called him the most cultured man alive. The story is he was so cultured he gave away his stereo because he could play back all ...

Aug. 12, 2005, marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Swiss Catholic theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar. By any account he ranks as one of the most significant theologians of the 20th century.

In this episode Trent continues his discussion of universalism and contrasts it with the theology of “hopeful universalism” espoused by Hans Ur Von Balthasar and Bishop Robert Barron. Welcome to The ...

Many people believe that Christian piety entails narrow-mindedness and that the more one affirms Christ in his particularity the more one rejects the world in its plurality. If the true Christian is, ...

The topic of Hans Urs von Balthasar is no stranger to strong opinions. For some, he is an invaluable theologian who emphasizes the Church Fathers and Scripture. For others, he promotes opinions that ...

The theological ideas of Hans Urs von Balthasar, the Swiss Catholic theologian who died in 1988, have captured the imagination of Catholic scholars throughout the Church. Both "conservative" and ...

Hans Urs von Balthasar’s Primer for “Unsettled Laymen”: Ignatius Press has just published a new edition of what must be Hans Urs von Balthasar’s shortest book, fittingly entitled A Short Primer for ...

Comments on Adrienne von Speyr often rely on reading a couple of her books and von Balthasar’s partial biographies. His accounts—which are neither objective nor unbiased—are hagiographical, clearly ...