Reviews for Reported Miracles: A Critique of Hume

The average rating for Reported Miracles: A Critique of Hume based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-01-21 00:00:00 Christopher Barrett OK, I admit I haven't even come close to reading all of this volume, let alone all of the seven volumes of which it is a part. I flatter myself that I'm a fairly serious reader, but there are limits. Von Balthasar was a highly respected Swiss Catholic theologian (he died in 1988) whose book on Karl Barth was regarded by Barth himself as the best thing written about him. The reason I picked up this volume was that it has 100 pages on Dante, and they are the most brilliant description of the theological aspects of Dante's poetry and thought that I have ever read. I've read a fair amount about him, some of it very good, much of it repetitive and derivative; but this cut right to the bone with apt quotes and clear, careful analysis. The volume also has about 50 pages on Gerard Manley Hopkins, which I am looking forward to.

Review # 2 was written on 2010-01-21 00:00:00 John Casnig Even with von Balthasar devoting more than enough details per theologian/writer/artist, I still do not have a great grasp of each of them. My goal is to write a sentence or more or less description of each. ★★★★ Dante - The heights of Eros St. John of the Cross - God-filled, God-forsaken Darkness pascal - Finite infinities hamann - Bouncing oddities soloviev -Roman Catholic Russian hopkins - Inscape 'n Freshness peguy - very incarnate, universal hope