Holy Intimacy: Kenosis

Explores Christian Kenosis as an expression of the unconditional love of God made known in Christ. Here, the mutual relations of self-giving in the Trinity may be mirrored in the lives of human beings. Divine humility, vulnerability and compassion are seen as the source of life-giving grace and dynamic relationships of trust and fidelity. In dialogue: Hans urs von Balthasar, Sarah Coakley, James Alison, Bernard Haring, Pope John Paul II, and Thomas Merton. Lectures, discussion, class presentations, research paper.