%0 Journal Article
%T Divine Roominess: Spatial and Music Analogies in Hans Urs von Balthasar and Robert Jenson
%A Jacob Lett
%J Pro Ecclesia
%@ 2631-8334
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1063851219846681
%X Hans Urs von Balthasar and Robert Jenson both spatialize God by depicting the triune life as ¡°roomy¡±. Theologians have employed spatial analogies readily since the inception of the ¡°trinitarian revival¡± of the 20th century. In recent days, however, theologians have begun critiquing divine spatial imagery. In particular, the spatialized grammar of Balthasar¡¯s trinitarian theology has attracted criticism. In this article, I review Balthasar¡¯s divine spatial analogies and show how ¡°bodily¡± readings of them have provoked criticism. I then repair Balthasar by applying Jenson¡¯s musical rendition of ¡°divine roominess¡± to Balthasar¡¯s spatial analogies, suggesting that musical conceptions of space resolve some of the concerns theologians raise with Balthasar¡¯s trinitarian theology in particular and spatial analogies in general
%K Hans Urs von Balthasar
%K Analogy of Being
%K Robert Jenson
%K Trinity
%K Spatial analogies
%K Music analogies
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1063851219846681