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Karl Rahner

Karl Rahner SJ (5 March 1904 – 30 March 1984) was a German Jesuit priest and theologian who, alongside Henri de Lubac, Hans Urs von Balthasar, and Yves Congar, is considered to be one of the most influential Catholic theologians of the 20th century. He was the brother of Hugo Rahner, also a Jesuit scholar.

The Reverend
Karl Rahner
SJ

(1904-03-05)5 March 1904

Freiburg im Breisgau, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empire

30 March 1984(1984-03-30) (aged 80)

Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria

20th-century philosophy

Western philosophy

Transcendental Thomism

Anonymous Christian, Economic Trinity and Immanent Trinity, Supernatural Existential, Everyday Mysticism, God's Self-Communication

Rahner was born in Freiburg, at the time a part of the Grand Duchy of Baden, a state of the German Empire; he died in Innsbruck, Austria.


Before the Second Vatican Council, Rahner worked alongside Yves Congar, Henri de Lubac, and Marie-Dominique Chenu, theologians associated with the emerging school of theological thought known as Nouvelle Théologie. The Second Vatican Council was influenced by Rahner's theology and his understanding of Catholic faith.[2]

1954–1984. Schriften zur Theologie. 16 volumes. Einsiedeln: Benziger Verlag.

1965. Homanisation. Translated by W. J. O’Hara. West Germany: Herder K.G.

1968. Spirit in the World. Revised edition by J. B. Metz. Translated by William V. Dych. (Translation of Geist in Welt: Zur Metaphysik der endlichen Erkenntnis bei Thomas von Aquin. Innsbruck: Verlag Felizian Rauch, 1939; 2nd ed. Revised by J. B. Metz. München: Kösel-Verlag, 1957) New York: Herder and Herder.

1969. Hearers of the Word. Revised edition by J. B. Metz. Translated by Michael Richards. (Translation of Hörer des Wortes: Zur Grundlegung einer Religionsphilosophie. München: Verlag Kösel-Pustet, 1941) New York: Herder and Herder.

1970. The Trinity. Translated by Joseph Donceel. New York: Herder and Herder.

1978, 1987. Foundations of Christian Faith: An Introduction to the Idea of Christianity. Translated by William V. Dych. (Translation of Grundkurs des Glaubens: Einführung in den Begriff des Christentums. Freiburg: Verlag Herder, 1976) New York: The Seabury Press; New York: Crossroad.

1985. I Remember. New York: Crossroad.

1990. Faith in a Wintry Season: Conversations and Interviews With Karl Rahner in the Last Years of His Life, with Paul Imhof & Hubert Biallowons, eds. New York: Crossroad.

1993. Content of Faith: The Best of Karl Rahner's Theological Writings. New York: Crossroad.

A complete bibliography is available at [2].

Luise Rinser

with biography and bibliography

Karl Rahner Society

Karl Rahner Archive in Munich

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