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Apocalyptic Ressourcement: The Johannine, biblical synthesis of image, history, and concept in the theological trilogy of Hans Urs von Balthasar

Lindle, Jacob B.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=athe1661609308947248

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2022, Master of Arts in Theology, Athenaeum of Ohio, School of Theology.
In this thesis, I propose that the synthetic thread of Balthasar’s theological trilogy is his understanding of the apocalyptic. The problem that I am trying to tackle is that within such a massive body of work, it is easy to lose hold of Balthasar’s project. Many scholars have proposed ways of summarizing, synthesizing, and analyzing Balthasar’s thought (chapter 1), but none address the specifically biblical and thus eidetic, historical, and noetic way that Balthasar’s project concretely comes together. My methodology, then, is aporetic: responding to the gap in scholarship, I propose that it is precisely the apocalyptic that holds image and history in Balthasar in their proper tension with each other and with concept in his thought (chapter 2). The aporetic methodology continues, though, since my examination of Balthasar’s apocalyptic synthesis and retrieval raises questions about his definition of the apocalyptic and his relationship with biblical studies. In response to this gap, I articulate Balthasar’s specific definition of apocalyptic as imminent expectation of the coming of the kingdom of God while I also point toward Balthasar’s own dissatisfaction with the apocalyptic in biblical studies as he reaches out for a more Johannine apocalyptic (chapter 3). I conclude that Balthasar’s thought is synthesized by an understanding of the apocalyptic which preserves the horizontal and vertical tension of salvation history as it unites within itself the perennial importance of image and drama, but Balthasar’s own understanding of the apocalyptic is more substantially informed by his reading of John’s Apocalypse rather than biblical studies. I end by gesturing towards a continued rapprochement between Balthasar and the ‘new perspective on apocalyptic’ begun by Christopher Rowland, championed by Crispin Fletcher-Louis, and centered around the open heaven and the Temple: each side could benefit substantially from the other.
Alan Mostrom, Ph.D. (Advisor)
97 p.
Bible; Biblical Studies; Philosophy; Religion; Theology
Apocalyptic literature; Bible interpretation; Bible - Revelation; Bible - John; Hans Urs von Balthasar; Christopher Rowland; Crispin Fletcher-Louis

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  • Lindle, J. B. (2022). Apocalyptic Ressourcement: The Johannine, biblical synthesis of image, history, and concept in the theological trilogy of Hans Urs von Balthasar [Master's thesis, Athenaeum of Ohio]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=athe1661609308947248

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Lindle, Jacob. Apocalyptic Ressourcement: The Johannine, biblical synthesis of image, history, and concept in the theological trilogy of Hans Urs von Balthasar . 2022. Athenaeum of Ohio, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=athe1661609308947248.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Lindle, Jacob. "Apocalyptic Ressourcement: The Johannine, biblical synthesis of image, history, and concept in the theological trilogy of Hans Urs von Balthasar ." Master's thesis, Athenaeum of Ohio, 2022. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=athe1661609308947248

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