Rahner Beyond Rahner

Rahner Beyond Rahner

One hundred years after the birth of Karl Rahner, the contributors to this book ask whether and how RahnerOs theology can address new religious and cultural realities in the twenty-first century, particularly those realities found on what has come to be called Othe Pacific Rim.O Stretching from California and Latin America, and across the Pacific Ocean to Asia, this geographic region manifests an incredible cultural and religious diversity, but also many points of intersection and interpenetration, resulting in new forms of religion and spirituality. The theological categories generated by Rahner, such as the anonymous Christian and even the notion of a world church, meet steep challenges when read in contexts very different from that of Germany and the theological currents of the OAtlantic.O At the same time, the encounter between Rahner and the Pacific Rim results in fresh readings of Rahner not previously imagined, not only in places like China and Mexico, but even Los Angeles. Anchored by a seminal essay by Francis X. Clooney, S.J. (Harvard), contributors, include Thomas Sheehan (Stanford), Catherine Bell (Santa Clara), and George Griener, S.J. (Berkeley). Each essay examines the possibilities and limitations of RahnerOs theology in this newly configured Pacific world.

The Theological Method of Karl Rahner

A Gadamerian Reading of Karl Rahner's Theology of Grace and Freedom

In A Gadamerian Reading of Karl Rahner's "Theology of Grace and Freedom," Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics are compared with Rahner's transcendental anthropology. It discusses grace, and freedom, as foundational experiences, and examines scholastic and other traditions in the light of Gadamer's thought. It provides a thorough discussion of Rahner's critique of the Augustinian understanding of grace and freedom by relating it to Greek Patristic Pauline understandings.