Nova et Vetera, English Edition, Vol. 16, No. 3 (2018): 1009–1040 1009 Book Reviews A Trinitarian Anthropology: Adrienne von Speyr and Hans Urs von Balthasar in Dialogue with Thomas Aquinas by Michele M. Schumacher (Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2014), xii + 451 pp. There has long been appreciation of the work of Hans Urs von Balthasar, but lately there has been a growing criticism of his work, often by disciples of St.Thomas Aquinas. Adrienne von Speyr has received little attention in the discussion of Balthasar’s work outside of the notes that critics have made that, at key, highly questionable points, Balthasar follows Adrienne. Adrienne von Speyr was a mystic whose works Balthasar, her spiritual director, editor, publisher, interpreter, and stenographer, considered more important than his own, and whose works he largely intended to translate into a more technical expression within his own oeuvre. In fact, Balthasar “maintained that ‘her work and mine are neither psychologically nor philologically to be separated; two halves of a single whole’” (7). Schumacher’s book is a welcome addition that brings together Balthasar, Adrienne, and St. Thomas. The goal of this book is to present the theological anthropology of Adrienne in systematic terms supplied by Balthasar’s own theological anthropology. By doing this, Schumacher wants to accomplish at least three things. First, she wants to show that Adrienne’s mystical insights have theological value. Since Balthasar and Adrienne thought a mystic should be judged based almost entirely on objective content, Schumacher also intends to provide a basis for theologians to judge the objective value and the inspiration of Adrienne’s works. Schumacher herself is convinced of their worth and authenticity, finding in her the genius that many think originates in Balthasar’s work. Second, Schumacher aims to help readers of Balthasar be more aware of Adrienne’s profound influ-