Module Level
9/10 STL Reading Course
Assessment
Two essays: 5000 words per essay
Module Aims
To enable students develop an understanding of the theology and method of Henri de Lubac and, thereby, to appreciate a new way of doing theology following the implosion of Neo-Scholasticism.
Indicative Syllabus
- The theological and cultural context of de Lubac’s life and work
- De Lubac’s theological method
- His engagement with the Surnaturel question
- His emerging Christology
- De Lubac’s ecclesiology
- Situating de Lubac in the context of Vatican II
- A critical reading of selected texts
Bibliography
- — De Lubac, Henri, Catholicism: Christ and the Common Destiny of Man. San Francisco: Ignatius, 1988.
- — De Lubac, Henri, Theological Fragments. San Francisco: Ignatius, 1989.
- — De Lubac, Henri, At the Service of the Church. San Francisco: Ignatius, 1993.
- — De Lubac, Henri, Theology in History. San Francisco: Ignatius, 1996.
- — Flynn, Gabriel and Murray, Paul D., Ressourcement: A Movement for Renewal in Twentieth-Century Catholic Theology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.
- — O’Sullivan, Noel, Christ and Creation: Christology as the key to interpreting the theology of creation in the works of Henri de Lubac. Oxford: Peter Lang, 2009.
- — O’Sullivan, Noel, “An Emerging Christology,” in Jordan Hillibert. Companion to Henri de Lubac. New York: T & T Clark (forthcoming).
- — Urs Von Balthasar, Hans, The Theology of Henri de Lubac. San Francisco: Ignatius, 1991