Paul Connell

Semester 2 2007

This unit will only proceed with an enrolment of at least eight students, and is especially suitable for Honours and postgraduate candidates.

In a weekly two-hour seminar students will study the theology of the Paschal Mystery of Jesus expounded by one of the most prominent of contemporary Roman Catholic theologians, Hans Urs von Balthasar, in his seminal work Mysterium Paschale. Balthasar’s highly original theology of the Easter Triduum reaches its climax in his treatment of the meaning of Holy Saturday as a definitive revelatory moment.

Prerequisites:	CD101, CD102, CD226 and CD227 at an appropriate standard
Requirements:	2 hours per week
Assessment:	one 5,000 word essay

Bibliography

Kehl, M., and W. Loser., eds. The von Balthasar Reader. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1982.

O’Donnell, J. J. Hans Urs von Balthasar. London: Geoffrey Chapman, 1992.

O’Hanlon, G. F. The Immutability of God in the Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990.

Riches, J. ed. The Analogy of Beauty: The Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1986.

Saward, J. The Mysteries of March: Hans Urs von Balthasar on the Incarnation and Easter. Washington DC: Catholic University of America Press, 1990.

Schindler, D. L., ed. Hans Urs von Balthasar: His Life and Work. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1991.

von Balthasar, H. U. Mysterium Paschale: The Mystery of Easter. Translated by A. Nichols. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1990.

von Balthasar, H. U. Life Out of Death. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1985.

von Balthasar, H. U. Theo-Drama: Theological Dramatic Theory. vol. 4: The Action. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1994.