Abstract

In my previous short review of the Balthasar guide penned by the Dominican Prior of Blackfriars, Cambridge, I had included the complaint that no reference to Theodramatik is made in the discussion of the great Aesthetics. The criticism was vain, as the current book must have been well underway. In many respects this is perhaps an even better study than the previous one, and will most certainly contribute in great measure to our in-depth understanding of the innovative vision proposed by the major and increasingly influential Swiss theologian. Readers and scholars are beginning to understand better why Urs von Balthasar is so well beloved by so many, not least by the current Pope, who did all that was possible to include him in the College of Cardinals.