Creative Tension: Spiritual Legacy of Friedrich Von Hugel

Ellen M. Leonard’s study of Baron Friedrich von Hugel’s life, thought, and spiritual vision rediscovers this important Catholic voice from the turn of the 20th Century. Hugel was a lay theologian who maintained both his personal equilibrium and his spiritual leadership role during the complex days of the modernist movement. Hugel sees three elements of religion: the authoritative, historical, and institutional; the critical, speculative, and philosophical; the intuitive, vocational, and mystical. Leonard’s study concentrates both on Hugel’s writings and spiritual activities.