Boersma, Hans

Boersma, Hans

FROM THE GUEST PAGE: Fr. Hans Boersma holds the St. Benedict Servants of Christ Chair in Ascetical Theology at Nashotah House Theological Seminary in Wisconsin.
Properly this-worldly by being fundamentally other-worldly

Properly this-worldly by being fundamentally other-worldly

Hans Boersma on the necessity of affirming the links between Heaven and Earth
Recognizing a frayed tapestry

Recognizing a frayed tapestry

Hans Boersma summarizes the theological concerns shared by the members of the nouvelle théologie movement
Recovering a sacramental imagination

Recovering a sacramental imagination

Hans Boersma argues that we need to recover the pre-modern view that Creation not only points to God, but that it participates in the very being of God — that in God we live and move and have our being. (29 minutes)
The final purpose for human beings

The final purpose for human beings

Theologian Hans Boersma argues that the beatific vision described throughout scripture is foreshadowed in “this-worldy experiences,” and that, particularly because of the Incarnation, eschatological experience is not only something in the future somewhere else, but is in fact connected with historical experience. (20 minutes)
Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 146

Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 146

FEATURED GUESTS: Mark Mitchell, Hans Boersma, Henry T. Edmondson, III, Brian Clayton, Douglas Kries, Conor Sweeney, and Carole Vanderhoof
Hans Boersma on For the Life of the World

Hans Boersma on For the Life of the World

Drawing from Alexander Schmemann’s book, Hans Boersma asserts that a recovered understanding of the relationship between God and Creation is essential to addressing a host of modern cultural crises. (17 minutes)
Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 135

Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 135

FEATURED GUESTS: Bob Cutillo, Hans Boersma, Dana Gioia, Matthew Levering, Bruce Gordon, and Markus Rathey
Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 108

Mars Hill Audio Journal, Volume 108

FEATURED GUESTS: Thomas Albert Howard, Jean Porter, Peter Augustine Lawler, Hans Boersma, Felicia Wu Song, and Elias Aboujaoude
On Earth as it is in Heaven

On Earth as it is in Heaven

FROM VOL. 108
Hans Boersma — author of Heavenly Participation: The Weaving of a Sacramental Tapestry — explains why Christians should reject the modern separation of Heaven and Earth and recover a “sacramental ontology.” (26 minutes)