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Aesthetic Revelation - Reading Ancient and Medieval Texts after Hans Urs von Balthasar (Paperback)
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Aesthetic Revelation - Reading Ancient and Medieval Texts after Hans Urs von Balthasar (Paperback)
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Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905-1988), long considered one of the most
important Catholic theologians of the twentieth century, is a
central figure in the field of theological aesthetics. His "poetic"
reading of ancient and medieval texts was intended to retrieve the
role of the aesthetic in discerning the Divine in a modern,
technological world. Aesthetic Revelation reexamines von
Balthasar's study of ancient and medieval theological aesthetics in
his Glory of the Lord and confirms and critiques certain aspects of
his analysis of traditional texts. Oleg Bychkov begins with a
methodological introduction on the hermeneutics of traditional
texts and addresses the question of whether it is feasible to
examine ancient and medieval texts in contemporary terms. He then
presents a critical outline of the history of the discipline of
aesthetics, von Balthasar's idea of theological aesthetics, and a
unique analysis of von Balthasar's hermeneutics of ancient and
medieval texts. The second part of the book offers a groundbreaking
study of several ancient and medieval authors and the traditions
they inspired-Platonic, Stoic, Augustinian, and late medieval-with
a view to confirming von Balthasar's insights in aesthetics and
correcting his approaches to textual criticism. Besides
contributing to a wide range of disciplines and areas, the book
clarifies certain methodological issues concerning the hermeneutics
of ancient and medieval texts-a theoretical area often neglected by
classicists and medievalists. Oleg Bychkov's masterly exposition
also shows how the texts analyzed have significantly influenced the
development of Western theological thought.
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