This paper explores Henri de Lubac’s Surnaturel and the way his thinking has been received and modified by two more speculatively inclined thinkers, John Milbank and Karl Rahner. It argues that one of these preserves, clarifies and strengthens the paradox at the heart of de Lubac’s contribution, while the other unhelpfully dissolves it. Discussions of nature and grace can take on the appearance of self-perpetuating debates spun loose from anything relevant to the Christian life. This paper tries to counter this tendency by exploring the significance of a (properly paradoxical) nature/grac
11 November 2022
The Continuing Significance of de Lubac’s Surnaturel for Contemporary Theology
Lecture Number Seven in Grace & Nature: Contemporary Controversies, with Karen Kilby, MASt (Cantab), PhD, Bede Professor of Catholic Theology, University of Durham.
This paper explores Henri de Lubac’s Surnaturel and the way his thinking has been received and modified by two more speculatively inclined thinkers, John Milbank and Karl Rahner. It argues that one of these preserves, clarifies and strengthens the paradox at the heart of de Lubac’s contribution, while the other unhelpfully dissolves it. Discussions of nature and grace can take on the appearance of self-perpetuating debates spun loose from anything relevant to the Christian life. This paper tries to counter this tendency by exploring the significance of a (properly paradoxical) nature/grac
This paper explores Henri de Lubac’s Surnaturel and the way his thinking has been received and modified by two more speculatively inclined thinkers, John Milbank and Karl Rahner. It argues that one of these preserves, clarifies and strengthens the paradox at the heart of de Lubac’s contribution, while the other unhelpfully dissolves it. Discussions of nature and grace can take on the appearance of self-perpetuating debates spun loose from anything relevant to the Christian life. This paper tries to counter this tendency by exploring the significance of a (properly paradoxical) nature/grac
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