“The von Balthasar Reader performs signal service, for it presents well-chosen, systematically arranged selections from the whole of the Balthasarian oeuvre, in passages of from two to seven pages brimming with theological and spiritual nourishment. The Reader, prefaced by an excellent and helpful essay-portrait of the theologian and his work, will certainly introduce the Swiss theologian to a wider public in a format attractive and accessible.”

“We are singularly fortunate in having in one volume the key texts from [von Balthasar’s] writings, spanning almost all the major themes and questions of the Christian tradition. These selections not only cover virtually every major concern of his theology, but they also disclose the loveliness of style, the suavity of approach and the intuitive-contemplative passion which makes his work so distinctive and valuable.”