Church of the Ever Greater God: The Ecclesiology of Erich Przywara,New

Church of the Ever Greater God: The Ecclesiology of Erich Przywara,New

In Stock
SKU: DADAX0268107777
Brand: University of Notre Dame Press
$77.22
Quantity
Add to wishlist
Add to compare

Processing time: 1-3 days

US Orders Ships in: 3-5 days

International Orders Ships in: 8-12 days

Return Policy: 15-days return on defective items

Payment Option
Payment Methods

Help

If you have any questions, you are always welcome to contact us. We'll get back to you as soon as possible, withing 24 hours on weekdays.

Customer service

All questions about your order, return and delivery must be sent to our customer service team by e-mail at yourstore@yourdomain.com

Sale & Press

If you are interested in selling our products, need more information about our brand or wish to make a collaboration, please contact us at press@yourdomain.com

In Church of the Ever Greater God, Aaron Pidel offers the first major Englishlanguage study of the ecclesiology of Erich Przywara, S.J., one of the most important Catholic theologians of the twentieth century. As Pidel shows, Przywaras idea of analogia entis, or analogy of being, shaped his view of ecclesiology. According to this theory, every creature is made of various tensions or polarities in its being. Creatures flourish when these tensions are in equilibrium but transgress their creaturely limits when they absolutize one polarity over the other. Pidel demonstrates how Przywara used the concept of analogia entis to describe the structure and rhythm of the Catholic Church. In Przywaras view, the Church, too, is essentially constituted by her tensions or polarities, and the members of the Church conform to that analogical tension to varying degrees of fidelity. Przywara claims that analogia entis not only describes the Church as she is but also can be used as a criterion for discerning the spiritual health of the Church by helping her to see where her equilibrium has become imbalanced. Pidel maintains that Przywara thought that the biggest risk to the Churchs analogical equilibrium in the last century was a deemphasis of the typically Ignatian ideas of reverence for the Divine Majesty and missionary extraversion. Przywaras vision of the Church is presented as a corrective to this onesided imbalance. In drawing attention to Przywaras metaphysically informed and deeply Ignatian ecclesiology, Pidels study will appeal not only to scholars of Przywara but also to all those who study ecclesiology and Catholic theology more broadly.

⚠️ WARNING (California Proposition 65):

This product may contain chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm.

For more information, please visit www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.

Recently Viewed