Rahner beyond Rahner A Great Theologian Encounters the Pacific Rim

by Crowley, Paul G., S.J.; Bell, Catherine; Clooney, SJ, Francis X.,; Crowley, Paul, S.J.; DeCosse, David; Fischer, Mark F.; Griener, George, S.J.; Lassalle-Klein, Robert; Malcolm, Lois; Maloney, G Donald; McCarthy, Michael, S.J.; Pinault, David; Pineda-Madr

• ISBN13: 9780742549630
• ISBN10: 0742549631
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-11-01
• Publisher: Sheed & Ward

Summary

One hundred years after the birth of Karl Rahner, the contributors to this book ask whether and how RahnerOs theology can address new religious and cultural realities in the twenty-first century, particularly those realities found on what has come to be called Othe Pacific Rim.O Stretching from California and Latin America, and across the Pacific Ocean to Asia, this geographic region manifests an incredible cultural and religious diversity, but also many points of intersection and interpenetration, resulting in new forms of religion and spirituality. The theological categories generated by Rahner, such as the anonymous Christian and even the notion of a world church, meet steep challenges when read in contexts very different from that of Germany and the theological currents of the OAtlantic.O At the same time, the encounter between Rahner and the Pacific Rim results in fresh readings of Rahner not previously imagined, not only in places like China and Mexico, but even Los Angeles. Anchored by a seminal essay by Francis X. Clooney, S.J. (Harvard), contributors, include Thomas Sheehan (Stanford), Catherine Bell (Santa Clara), and George Griener, S.J. (Berkeley). Each essay examines the possibilities and limitations of RahnerOs theology in this newly configured Pacific world.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Introduction: Improbable Encounters?	xiii
Paul G. Crowley
Part I: Encounters with Religions
Rahner beyond Rahner: A Comparative Theologian's Reflections on Theological Investigations 18	3	(20)
Francis X. Clooney
The Body of Blessing	23	(16)
Thomas Sheehan
Constraints on the Theological Absorption of Plurality	39	(6)
Catherine Bell
Karl Rahner's Legacy and Prospects for Muslim-Christian Understanding	45	(8)
David Pinault
Part II: Encounters with Cultures
Rahner and the Pacific Rim: From the Kulturkampf to China's Cultural Christians	53	(20)
George E. Griener
Guadalupe's Challenge to Rahner's Theology of Symbol	73	(14)
Nancy Pineda-Madrid
Rethinking Rahner on Grace and Symbol: New Proposals from the Americas	87	(14)
Robert Lassalle-Klein
Religious Disillusionment in a Land of Illusions	101	(14)
Michael C. McCarthy
Part III: Encounters with Theology, Ethics, and Spirituality
Rahner's Theology of the Cross	115	(18)
Lois Malcolm
Rahner's Ethics and the Pacific Rim	133	(4)
David DeCosse
Rahner and the Avatar, or Divinization in Rahner and the Claims of Adi Da Samraj	137	(10)
Mark F. Fischer
The Stillpoint: Autoeroticism or Grace?	147	(8)
G. Donald Maloney
Afterword: Where Do We Go from Here? Rahner in the Pacific Rim and Beyond	155	(6)
Tom Powers
Index	161	(8)
About the Contributors	169