Communio Balthasar Conference. April 2005

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	Love Alone Is Credible: Hans Urs von Balthasar as Interpreter of the Catholic Tradition A conference honoring the work of Hans Urs von Balthasar on the 100th Anniversary of his birth. April 14-17, 2005 Lansdowne Resort and Conference Center Lansdowne, Virginia (Dulles Airport) Conference sponsors: The Knights of Columbus The Our Sunday Visitor Institute

Panelist discussions and lectures:

Conference proceedings are forthcoming (Eerdmans). The presentations are available in manuscript form here.

Thursday, April 14, 2005

Session 1: Introduction

David L. Schindler

Session 2:

Roch Kereszty, O.Cist.: "The Eucharist and Mission in the Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar"

Welcoming Reception

Friday, April 15, 2005

Session 2, continued:

Adrian Walker: "Hans Urs von Balthasar as a Master of Theological Renewal"

Session 3: What does Triunity "add" to the reality of God - and to the structure of the cosmos?
Michael Hanby
Antonio López, F.S.C.B.
Richard Schenk, O.P.

Session 4: Causality and the metaphysics of gift
Martin Bieler
Kenneth L. Schmitz

Session 5: Motion and the body: does "love make the world go 'round"?
Stephen Fields, S.J.
José Granados, D.C.J.M.
Simon Oliver

Session 6: The nature of rationality: does love trump reason?
Laurence Paul Hemming
Cyril O'Regan
D. C. Schindler

Saturday, April 16, 2005

Session 7:

Jacques Servais, S.J.: "Hans Urs von Balthasar as Interpreter of the Catholic Tradition" (final version)
Juan M. Sara: "Decensus ad inferos", Dawn of Hope. Aspects of the Theology of Holy Saturday in the Trilogy of Hans Urs von Balthasar"

Session 8: Movement toward God: the relation of natural and supernatural love, of eros and agape
David S. Crawford
Margaret H. McCarthy

Session 9: Being fruitful: personal agency and communio
Romanus Cessario, O.P.
Stefan Oster, S.D.B. (long version) (Short version)
Emmanuel Tourpe

Session 10: Immutability, eschatology: "Was hat Gott von der Welt?" "Dare we hope that all will be saved?"
Peter Casarella
Matthew Lamb
Nicholas Healy

Session 11: Morality, cosmology, and culture: what is moralism?
Frederick Bauerschmidt
Livio Melina
Tracey Rowland

Sunday, April 17, 2005

Session 12: Can a Christian be a democrat? A (devoted) member of the polis in a time of war?

Roberto Graziotto
V. Bradley Lewis
William Portier (revised version)

Session 13: The bio-techne of love: can we speak of a generous cosmos?
Edward T. Oakes, S.J.
David L. Schindler