A sense of the tragic in a Christian theology of freedom
For many Christian theologians and non-Christian theorists about Christianity, tragedy has no serious place in a Christian conception of the world; at best, tragedy is an episode overcome by the triumph of resurrection. Drawing on Karl Rahner's theology of freedom, this article argues that incl...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
2009
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Theological studies
Year: 2009, Volume: 70, Issue: 1, Pages: 37-60 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Rahner, Karl 1904-1984
/ Freedom
/ Tragedy
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDB Roman Catholic Church NBE Anthropology |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | For many Christian theologians and non-Christian theorists about Christianity, tragedy has no serious place in a Christian conception of the world; at best, tragedy is an episode overcome by the triumph of resurrection. Drawing on Karl Rahner's theology of freedom, this article argues that including a sense of the tragic in a Christian conception of the world can both undermine a saccharine theology immune to the threats of contingent history and, paradoxically, be a means of reengaging a Christian theology of hope, understood as commitment to the world. |
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| ISSN: | 0040-5639 |
| Contains: | In: Theological studies
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