DIONYSIUS IN HANS URS VON BALTHASAR AND JEAN-LUC MARION
Tamsin Jones
This article evaluates Jean-Luc Marion's retrieval of Dionysius against the backdrop debate in recent continental philosophy over identity and meaning “negative theology”. interpretation use draws heavily on that Hans Urs von Balthasar, both his manner approaching with central elements Corpus Dionysiacum upon which he focuses. Through this comparison, it is clear different polemical apologetic interests shape their similar but distinct retrievals. Marion, like Balthasar before him, translating for a new audience. With translation, I argue Marion provides richer more complex confrontation than has previously been offered within contemporary discussions
Modern Theology