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Between apocalypse and eschaton : history and eternity in Henri de Lubac / Joseph S. Flipper.

By: Material type: TextTextDescription: viii, 335 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781451484564
  • 1451484569
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 230.2 23
LOC classification:
  • BS2825.2 .F557 2015
Contents:
An eschatological modernity -- Time and eternity in the Nouvelle théologie -- Scripture and the structure of history -- Christ is the center of history -- Between apocalypse and eschaton -- Sacraments of the eschaton -- Eschatology in the theology of the supernatural -- Conclusion: Eternity in time.
Summary: Between Apocalypse and Eschaton examines the systematic theology of Henri de Lubac, SJ, one of the most significant Catholic theologians of the twentieth century. While much of the recent work on de Lubac centers on the controversies surrounding his theology of the supernatural, Between Apocalypse and Eschaton argues that eschatology is the key to de Lubac's theological project and critical to understanding the nouvelle theologie, the group of theologians with whom de Lubac was associated. At the time, intra-Catholic controversies arose around the nouvelle theologie as part of a broader anxiety over the loss of the eternal in twentieth-century Europe. The German occupation of France in World War II was the backdrop for a renewed apocalyptic and eschatological thinking among French Catholics. The nouvelle theologie generated a debate over the meaning of "the end" that was critical to understanding the theological, spiritual, and political fissures in the postwar period. After World War II, de Lubac's writings increasingly focused on the theology of history and eschatology. The present work returns focus to this often neglected aspect of de Lubac's work.
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Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Marquette University, 2012 under title: Sacrament and eschatological fulfillment in Henri de Lubac's theology of history.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-326) and index.

An eschatological modernity -- Time and eternity in the Nouvelle théologie -- Scripture and the structure of history -- Christ is the center of history -- Between apocalypse and eschaton -- Sacraments of the eschaton -- Eschatology in the theology of the supernatural -- Conclusion: Eternity in time.

Between Apocalypse and Eschaton examines the systematic theology of Henri de Lubac, SJ, one of the most significant Catholic theologians of the twentieth century. While much of the recent work on de Lubac centers on the controversies surrounding his theology of the supernatural, Between Apocalypse and Eschaton argues that eschatology is the key to de Lubac's theological project and critical to understanding the nouvelle theologie, the group of theologians with whom de Lubac was associated. At the time, intra-Catholic controversies arose around the nouvelle theologie as part of a broader anxiety over the loss of the eternal in twentieth-century Europe. The German occupation of France in World War II was the backdrop for a renewed apocalyptic and eschatological thinking among French Catholics. The nouvelle theologie generated a debate over the meaning of "the end" that was critical to understanding the theological, spiritual, and political fissures in the postwar period. After World War II, de Lubac's writings increasingly focused on the theology of history and eschatology. The present work returns focus to this often neglected aspect of de Lubac's work.