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Foundations of Christian faith : an introduction to the idea of Christianity / Karl Rahner; translated by William V. Dych.

By: Material type: TextNew York, NY : Crossroad, ©1995Description: xv, 470 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0824505239
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BT 75.2 R129 1995
Contents:
Preface -- Introduction -- 1. General preliminary reflections -- 2. Preliminary remarks on methodology -- 3. Some basic epistemological problems -- I: The hearer of the message -- 1. The interlocking of philosophy and theology -- 2. Man as person and subject -- 3. Man as transcendent being -- 4. Man as responsible and free -- 5. The question of personal existence as a question of salvation -- 6. Man as dependent -- II: Man in the presence of absolute mystery -- 1. Mediation on the word "God" -- 2. The knowledge of God -- 3. God as person -- 4. Man's relation to His transcendent ground: creatureliness -- 5. Finding God in the world -- III: Man as being threatened radically by guilt -- 1. The topic and its difficulties -- 2. Man's freedom and responsibility -- 3. The possibility of a decision against God -- 4. "Original sin" -- IV: Man as the event of God's free and forgiving - Self communication -- 1. Preliminary remarks -- 2. What does the "self-communication of God" -- 3. The offer of of self-communication as "Supernatural existential" -- 4. Towards an understanding of the doctrine of the trinity -- V: The history of salvation and Revelation -- 1. Preliminary reflections on the problem -- 2. The historical mediation of transcendentality and transcendence -- 3. The history of salvation and Revelation as coextensive with the whole of world history -- 4. On the relationship between the history of universal, transcendental revelation and special, categorical Revelation -- 5. On the structure of the actual history of Revelation -- VI: Jesus Christ -- 1. Christology within an evolutionary view of the world -- 2. On the phenomenology of our relationship to Jesus Christ -- 3. Transcendental Christology -- 4. What does it mean to say: "God became man"? -- 5. On the theological understanding of the history of the life and death of Jesus of Nazareth -- 6. The theology of the death and the resurrection of Jesus -- 7. The content, permanent validity and limits of classical Christology and soteriology -- 8. On the question of new approaches to Orthodox Christology -- 9. The personal relationship of a Christian to Jesus Christ -- 10. Jesus Christ in non-Christian religions -- VII: Christianity as church -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The church as founded by Jesus Christ -- 3. The church in the New Testament -- 4. Fundamentals of the ecclesial nature of Christianity -- 5. An indirect method for showing the legitimacy of the Catholic church as the church of Christ -- 6. Scripture as the church's book -- 7. On the Church's teaching office -- 8. The Christian in the life of the church -- VII: Remarks on Christian life -- 1. General characteristics of Christian life -- 2. The sacramental life -- IX: Eschatology -- 1. Presuppositions for understanding eschatology -- 2. The one eschatology as individual eschatology -- 3. The one eschatology as collective eschatology -- Epilogue: Brief creedal statements -- Detailed table of contents
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Preface --
Introduction --
1. General preliminary reflections --
2. Preliminary remarks on methodology --
3. Some basic epistemological problems --

I: The hearer of the message --
1. The interlocking of philosophy and theology --
2. Man as person and subject --
3. Man as transcendent being --
4. Man as responsible and free --
5. The question of personal existence as a question of salvation --
6. Man as dependent --

II: Man in the presence of absolute mystery --
1. Mediation on the word "God" --
2. The knowledge of God --
3. God as person --
4. Man's relation to His transcendent ground: creatureliness --
5. Finding God in the world --

III: Man as being threatened radically by guilt --
1. The topic and its difficulties --
2. Man's freedom and responsibility --
3. The possibility of a decision against God --
4. "Original sin" --

IV: Man as the event of God's free and forgiving - Self communication --
1. Preliminary remarks --
2. What does the "self-communication of God" --
3. The offer of of self-communication as "Supernatural existential" --
4. Towards an understanding of the doctrine of the trinity --

V: The history of salvation and Revelation --
1. Preliminary reflections on the problem --
2. The historical mediation of transcendentality and transcendence --
3. The history of salvation and Revelation as coextensive with the whole of world history --
4. On the relationship between the history of universal, transcendental revelation and special, categorical Revelation --
5. On the structure of the actual history of Revelation --

VI: Jesus Christ --
1. Christology within an evolutionary view of the world --
2. On the phenomenology of our relationship to Jesus Christ --
3. Transcendental Christology --
4. What does it mean to say: "God became man"? --
5. On the theological understanding of the history of the life and death of Jesus of Nazareth --
6. The theology of the death and the resurrection of Jesus --
7. The content, permanent validity and limits of classical Christology and soteriology --
8. On the question of new approaches to Orthodox Christology --
9. The personal relationship of a Christian to Jesus Christ --
10. Jesus Christ in non-Christian religions --

VII: Christianity as church --
1. Introduction --
2. The church as founded by Jesus Christ --
3. The church in the New Testament --
4. Fundamentals of the ecclesial nature of Christianity --
5. An indirect method for showing the legitimacy of the Catholic church as the church of Christ --
6. Scripture as the church's book --
7. On the Church's teaching office --
8. The Christian in the life of the church --

VII: Remarks on Christian life --
1. General characteristics of Christian life --
2. The sacramental life --

IX: Eschatology --
1. Presuppositions for understanding eschatology --
2. The one eschatology as individual eschatology --
3. The one eschatology as collective eschatology --

Epilogue: Brief creedal statements --

Detailed table of contents

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