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Article: Christology from Within: Spirituality and the Incarnation in Hans Urs von Balthasar.
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- Theological Studies
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- March 1, 1998
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By Mark A. McIntosh. Studies in Spirituality and Theology. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame, 1996. Pp. xi + 200, $29.
McIntosh's immediate purpose is primarily to display, secondarily to analyze and somewhat evaluate, Balthasar's contribution to a Christology "sourced" by Christian spirituality. Originating in a dissertation, the study describes the perplexity which set M.'s work in motion: Barth seemed more in tune with modern sensitivities, while Balthasar's high Christology, and its stress upon kenosis, seemed somewhat out of tune. On closer study, M. discovered spirituality as the key in Balthasar which fascinatingly united a very high Christology indeed ...