Date of Award
2010
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Program
Theology
Supervisor
Dr. Gary D. Badcock
Abstract
This thesis explores the relationship between divine silence and the Word within the theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar. The idea of a kenotic distancing silence is discussed within the dialogic relations between the Father and his Word and traced from utterance in the immanent Trinity, through sending in the economy of salvation, to dying and descent into hell in the cross event. It is proposed that this distancing silence is part of the Father's generation of the Son to be his dialogue partner and, furthermore, may be seen continuing in the economy of salvation as part of God's offer to include humanity in the intratrinitarian dialogue of love.
Recommended Citation
Marr, Jacqueline K., "SILENCE, WORD AND THE LONELINESS OF LOVE: KENOTIC SILENCE IN THE DRAMATIC SOTERIOLOGY OF HANS URS VON BALTHASAR" (2010). Digitized Theses. 4831.
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/digitizedtheses/4831