Swiss Catholic theologian, widely considered one of the greatest theologians of the 20th century. His trilogy — The Glory of the Lord, Theo-Drama, Theo-Logic — offered a comprehensive theological aesthetics anchored in the beauty of God's self-revelation in Christ.
Theological aesthetics: argued that beauty is a transcendental and that the form of Christ is the supreme aesthetic event. Integrated Patristic, mystical, and modern sources in a synthesis that revived Catholic theology beyond Neo-Scholasticism.
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