In our continuing apocalypse series, Anne Carpenter (St. Mary's College of California) joins Jon to discuss Hans Urs von Balthasar's Theo-Drama IV: The Action and especially the opening sections on the book of Revelation. But first we talk a bit about the new challenge of teaching online in the age of COVID-19. Then Anne gives us an outline of Balthasar's life and the "trilogy" in which his central project consists. Then she explains where Theo-Drama in general and Vol. 4 specifically fit into the scheme of that project. From there, we talk about how the victory of God in Christ initiates the existential conflict at the heart of theo-dramatics. We draw on Blondel and Ricoeur to help try to unpack the character of this conflict and struggle and how it relates the fate of humanism in the 20th century.
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