Publisher's Synopsis
Too often, Henri de Lubac's work on exegesis and ecclesiology are studied in isolation from each other.
Susan Wood argues that de Lubac's work on exegesis is ultimately not about biblical exegesis but about relating the text to the events of history, to individual Christians, to Christ and the church, and to the completion of all in the Second Coming. The principles of exegesis permitted de Lubac to think about a theology of history, a theology of symbol and sacrament, and a theology of the church's relationship to Christ and the Eucharist. This study attributes the unity of de Lubac's work to his immersion in the principles of exegesis and interprets his ecclesiology in the light of these principles.
Includes an extensive bibliography of the primary and most important secondary sources of the theology of de Lubac.
