The Poetry of Theology

March 14, 2016

How does artistic expression articulate theological ideas? A new book by Anne M. Carpenter, assistant professor of Catholic systematic theology, explores the dialogue between formal theology, philosophical reflection, and the arts. Theo- Poetics: Hans Urs von Balthasar and the Risk of Art and Being, published in November by University of Notre Dame Press, focuses on the work of Swiss theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905-1988), a Catholic priest who is considered one of the most important Roman Catholic theologians of the 20th century and whose theology used poetry and poets to express metaphysical truth.