Balthasar for Thomists

by Aidan Nichols

Book Overview

Students of Catholic theology are often presented with a choice between Thomas Aquinas and Hans Urs von Balthasar as the best masters to follow. What starts as a genial rivalry can sometimes morph into a less well-tempered competition.

Since Aquinas is the classic theologian of the Latin tradition, readers and devotees of Balthasar can hardly repudiate Thomas. But Thomists are under no comparable obligation to develop a sympathy for Balthasar...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1621643395
• ISBN13: 9781621643395
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Ignatius Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"