Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-167) and index.
1. Context and introduction -- Introduction -- His life and times -- 2. Key influences on von Balthasar's trilogy -- Henri de Lubac and his rediscovery of the Fathers -- Erich Przywara and the analogy of being -- Karl Barth, Christocentrism and the analogy of faith -- Adrienne von Speyr and the role of religious experience -- Von Balthasar's use of sources -- 3. The glory of the Lord: a theological aesthetics -- Introduction -- Seeing the form -- Studies in theological style: lay and clerical styles -- The realm of metaphysics in antiquity and in the modern age -- Theology: the Old and New Covenant -- 4. Theo-Drama: theological dramatic theory -- Introduction -- Prolegomena -- Dramatis personae: Man in God -- Dramatis Personae: Persons in Christ -- The action -- The last act -- 5. Theo-logic -- Introduction -- Truth of the world -- Truth of God -- The spirit of truth -- 6. Reception and further reading -- Epilogue -- The key influences on von Balthasar -- Reception of von Balthasar's Trilogy -- Further reading of von Balthasar -- Further reading about von Balthasar.