Prayer
by Hans Urs von Balthasar
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Author: Hans Urs von BalthasarTranslator: Graham Harrison
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); German (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1986-05-01
ISBN: 0898700744
Number of pages: 311
Publisher: Ignatius Press
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Book Review: A richly textured treatment of prayer
Summary: 5 Stars
For American Christians lazily accustomed to psychospiritual pap, this book might seem overwrought and inaccessible. But don't get the wrong idea: this is not a book for arm-chair intellectuals either. Rather in this book we witness how a "kneeling theologian" savors the theological bouquet that is released in the vital practice of prayer. Doctrinally meticulous the way a lover is attentive to his beloved's every move, von Balthasar masterfully grounds Christian spirituality in Scripture and Patristic witness. Some familiarity with the Catholic tradition would help, but this book will be deeply edifying for anyone who believes that in Christ, heart and mind must interpenetrate each other--a compelling corrective to modern faith's flaky preoccupation with spirituality full of feelings and me-centeredness but void of Christological substance.
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