Nouvelle Théologie and Sacramental Ontology

Hans Boersma holds the J.I. Packer Chair of Theology at Regent College in Vancouver, Canada. Before coming to Regent in 2005, he taught for six years at Trinity Western University in nearby Langley. Boersma holds a doctorate from the University of Utrecht. His articles have appeared in numerous journals. His publications include Violence, Hospitality, and the Cross: Reappropriating the Atonement Tradition (Baker Academic), which won the 2005 Christianity Today best theological book of the year award; Nouvelle Théologie and Sacramental Ontology: A Return to Mystery (OUP, 2009); and Heavenly Participation: The Weaving of a Sacramental Tapestry (Eerdmans, 2011).

• 1. Introduction: The Rupture between Theology and Life ; 2. Eyes of Faith: Precursors to a Sacramental Ontology ; 3. The Mystery of Faith: De Lubac and Bouillard on Nature and the Supernatural ; 4. The Law of the Incarnation: Balthasar and Chenu on Nature and the Supernatural ; 5. A Wheel Within a Wheel: Spiritual Interpretation in De Lubac and Danielou ; 6. Living Tradition: Recovering History for the Church ; 7. The Church as Sacrament: The Ecclesiology of De Lubac and Congar ; 8. Conclusion: The Future of Ressourcement

...provides enough background and references related to the ideas and disputes surrounding the nouvelle théologie that the interested reader can easily pursue a given issue more deeply...Specialists as well as those with a more general interest in theology should find the author's insights and overarching thesis worth engaging.