Grace in the theology of Jürgen Moltmann and Karl Rahner
This article seeks to explore the theology of grace and specifically the nature-grace relationship in the works of theologians Jürgen Moltmann and Karl Rahner. Both attempt to liberate nature and grace from the framework that limits its expanse while still respecting its thought and ontology. Moltma...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Marquette Univ. Press
[2016]
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Philosophy & theology
Year: 2016, Volume: 28, Issue: 2, Pages: 439-453 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Moltmann, Jürgen 1926-2024
/ Rahner, Karl 1904-1984
/ Grace
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history NBC Doctrine of God |
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| Summary: | This article seeks to explore the theology of grace and specifically the nature-grace relationship in the works of theologians Jürgen Moltmann and Karl Rahner. Both attempt to liberate nature and grace from the framework that limits its expanse while still respecting its thought and ontology. Moltmann and Rahner share very similar conclusions on a theology of grace, with differing methodologies and ontological assumptions. Rahner’s ‘economy of grace’ is the means by which God as an infinite being gives the reality of inner, divine, Trinitarian life to humanity through grace. Moltmann attempts to ‘radicalize’ this notion of grace by introducing eschatology and abandoning previous frameworks. Within contemporary theology, Moltmann expands and constructs a truer theology of the mystery of God and of grace. Moltmann successfully expands on Rahner’s conception of grace while still demonstrating the means by which Rahner’s theology still stands. |
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| ISSN: | 0890-2461 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Philosophy & theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5840/philtheol2016102764 |