Ep. #283 – Exposition & Critique of Balthasar w/ Dr. Brotherton
Summary
How does Balthasar argue for hopeful universalism? How does he handle the biblical data? What critiques might be offered from a Thomistic perspective?Does Jacques Maritain provide a better solution to some of Balthasar’s worries? Dr. Joshua Brotherton joins us to discuss these topics.
Author Bio
Dr. Joshua Brotherton earned his Ph.D. in Systematic Theology (minor: Historical Theology) in 2015 at the Catholic University of America with a dissertation on the theodramatic eschatology of Hans Urs von Balthasar in dialogue with twentieth-century Thomists. He has Master’s degrees in Philosophy, Theology, and Medical Physiology and Pharmacology, and Bachelor’s degrees in Philosophy (minors: Theology and Classical Languages) and Mathematical Sciences. He also serves as an adjunct professor at St. Thomas University in Miami.
Resources
One of the Trinity Has Suffered: Balthasar’s Theology of Divine Suffering in Dialogue by Joshua Brotherton
Grace Abounds More: Balthasar’s Eschatological Universalism in Dialogue by Joshua Brotherton
Joshua Brotherton’s Academia.edu page: https://stu.academia.edu/JoshuaBrotherton
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