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A Thomistic Christocentrism

Recovering the Carmelites of Salamanca on the Logic of the Incarnation
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This book summarizes the historical background to the Salmanticenses, from the time of Anselm up through the early-modern period. Next, it presents and defends the Salmanticenses' argument for the primacy of Christ the redeemer. A Thomistic Christocentrism then turns to two key post-conciliar figures, Karl Rahner and Hans Urs von Balthasar. Rahner sees Christ as the culmination of the world's opening up to God. Balthasar sees Christ as the reconciler of divine and human freedom through his cross, descent, and resurrection. Both Christocentric approaches have good aspirations but suffer from serious flaws. In its final chapters, this book applies the Salamanca theory to Rahner and Balthasar, showing its enduring value for post-conciliar Christocentrism.
Fr. Dylan Schrader is the translator of The Salmanticenses (The Discalced Carmelites of the University of Salamanca), On the Motive of the Incarnation (CUA Press), and pastor of St. Brendan Church in Mexico, Missouri.
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