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Title: Foundations of Christian Faith: An Introduction to the Idea of Christianity by Karl Rahner, William V. Dych ISBN: 0-8245-0523-9 Publisher: Herder & Herder Pub. Date: 01 January, 1983 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.22 (9 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Tough transcendental sledding
Comment: Rahner's "Foundations" is a long, bumpy, difficult ride. The concepts are brilliant and challenging. They undoubtedly illuminate the faith of Christians and profoundly portray Catholicism. Rahner's mode of expression, however, is dense and difficult....
Rating: 5
Summary: A book which started my interest in theology
Comment: Though densley packed and, at least at the outset, entirely too "transcendental" to be understood in a proper light, Rahner's "Foundations" provides an excellent introduction to his themes and ideas. Written in the latter part of his life, it is amazing that he was able to condense his more than 50 published works into one 400 page book.
This is a fantastic book for the late undergraduate or early graduate student who studies theology. It is particularly useful having read Husserl, Heidegger, and Sartre, from whom Rahner borrows heavily (amazing, to have a Catholic theologian borrow from two atheists and an agnostic). Though it is devoid of the normal scriptural references found in a theology book, and it does not treat the foundations of Christianity in Judaism in a fair way, it is nevertheless an important and vital work of philosophical catholic theology.
Rahner will argue that God is the constitutive element of man... and after reading the book it is hard to truly disagree.
Rating: 4
Summary: An outstanding introduction. . .
Comment: . . .to the theology of the foremost Catholic theologian of the 20th century.
I'll admit up front that I am not a "Rahnerian" in my thinking. Nevertheless, the contributions this man made to philosophy and theology in the 20th century cannot be measured. In "Foundations of Christian Faith", the reader can gain an understanding of Rahner's beliefs presented in a more or less systematic fashion. This is refreshing, because most of Rahner's writings are preserved in collections of essays -- very valuable in and of themselves, but not systematic in their presentation.
This volume is a systematic presentation. Rahner begins from a philosophical perspective informed primarily by St. Thomas Aquinas, but filtered through the lens of German idealism. He begins with discussions on such subjects as Man as Person, Man as Transcendent Being, Questions of Personal Existence, and moves first to God as Absolute Mystery, Guilt, God's Self-Communication, and leads naturally into soteriology, Christology, and ecclesiology.
Whether at the end of the day one find's Rahner's arguments convincing (I don't fully) they are nevertheless compelling and should be studied by Protestants as well as Catholics.
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Title: A World of Grace: An Introduction to the Themes and Foundations of Karl Rahner's Theology by Leo J. O'Donovan ISBN: 0878405968 Publisher: Georgetown University Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 1995 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Hearer of the Word : Laying the Foundation for a Philosophy of Religion by Karl Rahner ISBN: 0826406483 Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Pub. Date: 01 November, 1994 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Readings in Christian Theology by Peter C. Hodgson, Robert H. King ISBN: 0800618491 Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers Pub. Date: 01 August, 1985 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: Systematic Theology, vol. 1 by Paul Tillich ISBN: 0226803376 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1973 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: A Theology of Liberation: History, Politics and Salvation by Gustavo Gutierrez ISBN: 0883445425 Publisher: Orbis Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1988 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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