The Christology and Mystical Theology of Karl Rahner

<p>The Christology and Mystical Theology of Karl Rahner delineates what Rahner means by the mysticism of daily life, the mysticism of the masses, the mysticism of the classical masters, the difference between infused and awakened contemplation, the relation of mysticism to Christian perfection, and Rahner’s controversial view that the mystical life does not require a special grace. It explores how Rahner embraces the person of Jesus Christ—whom Rahner sees as Christianity’s center—both with his acute theological mind but also with his Jesuit heart. Who has better defined the human person as the ability to be God in the world, understood Jesus’ humanity as God’s human in the world, and boldly stated the difference between Jesus and other human beings that is only he is God’s humanity in the world. The book also looks at Rahner’s view of Jesus as the absolute savior, his ascending and descending Christology, his creative re-interpretation of Christ’s death and resurrection, his “seeking Christology, and his controversial “anonymous Christian” theory. Finally, it emphasizes the influence of St. Ignatius of Loyola on Rahner’s thinking. Ignatius’s Spiritual Exercises, especially their emphasis on God working immediately with the person, its Christology, and the rules for the discernment of spirits plays a key role in Rahner’s overall theological view. Few Catholic theologians have taken Christian saints and mystics as theological sources as seriously as Rahner has.</p>

Christology and Mystical Theology of Karl Rahner

Religion & Spirituality

Egan, Harvey

Wong, Joesph

Christian Books & Bibles

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<p>Christian mysticism is unique in its view of Jesus' death and resurrection as the very cause and exemplar of the mystical life in all its purity. Jesus' saving death on the cross exemplifies the mystical letting-go of everything consoling, tangible, and finite in order to surrender totally to the mystery of the Father's unconditional love.  In this introduction to Christian mysticism, Reverend Harvey Egan, S.J. presents four Christian mystics as paradigms of the classical tradition: St. Ignatius of Loyola, St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, and the unknown author of the Cloud of Unknowning.  From this foundation he moves to two contemporary figures, Thomas Merton and Pierre Tielhard de Chardin, each of whom reflects a contemporary transposition of the two mystical traditions, the apophatic, which emphasizes the radical difference between God and creatures, and the kataphatic, which emphasizes the similarity between God and creatures</p>

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