GUARDINI I BALTHASAR. DODIRNE TOČKE
GUARDINI AND BALTHASAR. POINTS OF CONVERGENCE

Summary/Abstract: The paper outlines some points of convergence between two great theologians of the 20th century, Romano Guardini and Hans Urs von Balthasar. We take a look at biographical similarities, especially at the time when Guardini was Balthasar’s professor, and on the impact that the professor had on his student and his subsequent theological work. Then we take a look at the convergence points in content, primarily on the integration of literature and theology in their theological method. Here we also see the difference in how each of them achieved that integration. There is a brief discussion about the meaning of the concept of form (»Gestalt«) in their theological outlines, as well as the meaning and relation between action and contemplation. The true starting point for a discourse about God and theological existence is not pure scientificity, but prayer, spirituality and »theology on the knees«. Only it allows the view of the whole and the »differentiation of what is Christian« which is in essence the main objective of their theological efforts.

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