Razing the Bastions: On the Church in This Age

by Hans Urs von Balthasar

Book Overview

Written in the 1950s, this book defines and anticipates, in a prophetic way, the role of the laity in the Church, and the intimate relationship between the Church and the world. These two themes were recognized by the Second Vatican Council especially in the two constitutions "On the Church" and "The Church in the Modern World." Von Balthasar's "bastions" are barriers erected over the centuries which separated the laity from the clergy and the Church...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0898704286
• ISBN13: 9780898704280
• Release Date: March 1993
• Publisher: Ignatius Press
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.8" x 7.5"