The agathological–christological approach to the concept of person in the theatrological-theological thought of Hans Urs von Balthasar and Józef Tischner Cover Image

L’approccio agatologico-cristologico al concetto di persona nella riflessione teatrologica-teologica di Hans Urs von Balthasar e di Józef Tischner
The agathological–christological approach to the concept of person in the theatrological-theological thought of Hans Urs von Balthasar and Józef Tischner

Author(s): Lech Wołowski
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Systematic Theology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Papieskiego Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
Keywords: person; theodrama; role–mission; mask–face; Balthasar; Tischner

Summary/Abstract: In this article we present the contemporary approach to the theological understanding of the concept of person according to the theodramatical current of thought represented by H. U. von Balthasar and J. Tischner. We describe the basic anthropological (agathological–dialogical) and teological (christological–trinitological) aspects characteristic for the approach of both authors. We pay a particular attention to the original contribution of Balthasar and Tischner in the analyzed problem, especially as far as the application of theatrological terminology to the considerations regarding the theological notion of person is concerned. The axis of the analysis is the comparison of the two key theatrological–theological analogies regarding the notion of person introduced by the above mentioned authors concerning respectively the relation role–mission (Balthasar) and mask–face (Tischner).

  • Issue Year: 23/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 31-51
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Italian