My theological reflection with Karl Rahner: rupture, discontinuity ... incomprehensible mystery
In this essay, the author reflects on the personal experience of the loss of his spouse, a reflection inspired and informed by the faith and theology of Karl Rahner. With death, it is not that a “new” time has begun, but that time itself has ended. And yet that mutual love as spouses continues. Life...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2014
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Horizons
Year: 2014, Volume: 41, Issue: 2, Pages: 316-328 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Rahner, Karl 1904-1984
/ Death
/ Grief
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| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KDB Roman Catholic Church |
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| Summary: | In this essay, the author reflects on the personal experience of the loss of his spouse, a reflection inspired and informed by the faith and theology of Karl Rahner. With death, it is not that a “new” time has begun, but that time itself has ended. And yet that mutual love as spouses continues. Life following the death of a spouse presents itself as an empty nothingness. But God, incomprehensible mystery, is our beginning. Our lives are filled with rupture and discontinuity not as evidence of a missing or absent God, but that we are not God. |
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| ISSN: | 0360-9669 |
| Contains: | In: Horizons
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/hor.2014.84 |