Rahner and Scheeben on Grace: Reexamining a Forgotten Resemblance

This article demonstrates the overlooked similarity between Scheeben’s and Rahner’s accounts of God’s self-communication to the human person through uncreated grace. It then argues that though Scheeben’s conception of God’s universal offer of grace evinces similarities with Rahner’s “supernatural ex...

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Main Author: Strand, Vincent L. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. 2024
In: Theological studies
Year: 2024, Volume: 85, Issue: 1, Pages: 34-55
Further subjects:B Deification
B Grace
B divine indwelling
B nature and grace
B Matthias Scheeben
B God’s self-communication
B uncreated grace
B supernatural existential
B Karl Rahner
B quasi-formal causality
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Summary:This article demonstrates the overlooked similarity between Scheeben’s and Rahner’s accounts of God’s self-communication to the human person through uncreated grace. It then argues that though Scheeben’s conception of God’s universal offer of grace evinces similarities with Rahner’s “supernatural existential,” Scheeben differs from Rahner by emphasizing the distinction between nature and grace. This study can help theologians to better situate Scheeben’s theology amid its current renaissance and to reappropriate Rahner’s basic insight about divine self-communication.
ISSN:2169-1304
Contains:Enthalten in: Theological studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/00405639231221785