WRITER

Hans Urs von Balthasar

1905 - 1988

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Hans Urs von Balthasar (12 August 1905 – 26 June 1988) was a Swiss theologian and Catholic priest who is considered one of the most important Catholic theologians of the 20th century. With Joseph Ratzinger and Henri de Lubac, he founded the theological journal Communio. Over the course of his life, he authored 85 books, over 500 articles and essays, and almost 100 translations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans Urs von Balthasar has received more than 643,648 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Urs von Balthasar is the 1,263rd most popular writer (down from 1,158th in 2019), the 124th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 108th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Swiss Writer.

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Notable Works

Wer ist ein Christ?
1966
Betrachtende Gebet
1958
Credo
1989
Theologie der Geschichte
Religion
Man has always wrestled with the problem of finding meaning in history. It is not surprising that, as a Christian, von Balthasar finds the meaning of history in Christ, its Center and Lord. What may surprise-as it will surely stimulate-is the theological mastery with which von Balthasar traces the effects of Christ's lordship upon the daily life of the Christian. In this book we have one of the indispensable sources for understanding Balthasar's Catholic Christocentrism. Here we find elaboration of the striking statement that Jesus Christ is 'the Idea made concrete, personal, historical; universale concretum et personale'-which, put otherwise, means that Christ is the universally valid in the here and now. Characteristic of Balthasar, the book inspires as much spiritually as it informs theologically.
1950
Verbum caro
Communication
1960
Herrlichkeit
1960

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Among writers, Hans Urs von Balthasar ranks 1,263 out of 7,302. Before him are Alexander Afanasyev, Clive Cussler, Roland Topor, Jan Kochanowski, Sharafkhan Bidlisi, and Ichiyō Higuchi. After him are Cosmas of Prague, Lu Yu, Kassia, Stobaeus, Yeghishe Charents, and Lobsang Rampa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Hans Urs von Balthasar ranks 56. Before him are Nevill Francis Mott, Ivan Serov, Daniil Kharms, Kurt Gerstein, Erika Mann, and Joseph Cotten. After him are Angelo Schiavio, Albert Pierrepoint, Heinz Lammerding, Dolores del Río, Sebastian Shaw, and Erich Naumann. Among people deceased in 1988, Hans Urs von Balthasar ranks 38. Before him are Farida of Egypt, Giuseppe Saragat, Franz Josef Strauss, Hermann Graf, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Henryk Szeryng. After him are Ana Aslan, Willem Drees, Chico Mendes, Muzafer Sherif, Trường Chinh, and Khalil al-Wazir.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Hans Urs von Balthasar ranks 124 out of 1,015. Before him are Jakob Steiner (1796), Jacques Dubochet (1942), Charles Bonnet (1720), Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1908), Paul Guldin (1577), and Blaise Cendrars (1887). After him are Matthäus Merian (1593), Margareta of Romania (1949), Judith of Habsburg (1271), Alfonsina Storni (1892), Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg (1445), and Antoine-Henri Jomini (1779).

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Among WRITERS In Switzerland

Among writers born in Switzerland, Hans Urs von Balthasar ranks 15. Before him are Max Frisch (1911), Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741), Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz (1878), Gottfried Keller (1819), Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1908), and Blaise Cendrars (1887). After him are Alfonsina Storni (1892), Antoine-Henri Jomini (1779), Rodolphe Töpffer (1799), Notker the Stammerer (840), Jean Starobinski (1920), and Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825).

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