Episode 6: Henri de Lubac - Interview with David Grumett

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Henri de Lubac SJ (1896-1991) was a major influence on the Second Vatican Council and on theologians such as Hans Urs von Balthasar and Joseph Ratzinger, with whom he founded the journal Communio. In 1942, he and some fellow Jesuits founded Sources chrétiennes, a series that publishes the original text of patristic and medieval Christian writings alongside a French translation. He thereby stimulated within Catholic theology a return to its sources. Putting this ressourcement into practice in his own works, he argued that the Church should retrieve the patristic understanding of the Eucharist, the Church, creation, grace, and Scripture. In 1983, Pope John Paul II created him a cardinal.

Approaching de Lubac’s vast oeuvre can be daunting. Fortunately, Dr. David Grumett is here to give an overview of de Lubac and explain what you should read first.

David Grumett is senior lecturer in theology and ethics in the University of Edinburgh. He has recently published Henri de Lubac and the Shaping of Modern Theology: A Reader with Ignatius Press.

David Grumett's recommended books are:

1. Catholicism: Christ and the Common Destiny of Man by Henri de Lubac
2. The Christian Faith: An Essay on the Structure of the Apostles' Creed by Henri de Lubac
3. Christian Resistance to Anti-Semitism: Memories from 1940-1944 by Henri de Lubac
4. Scripture in the Traditionby Henri de Lubac
5. Meet Henri de Lubac: His Life and Work by Rudolf Voderholze

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