Spiritual theology / Karl Rahner ; edited and introduced by Richard Lennan and Peter Joseph Fritz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rahner, Karl, 1904-1984, Author.

Contributor:

Lennan, Richard, editor.

Fritz, Peter Joseph, editor.

Series:

Classics of Western spirituality

The classics of Western spirituality

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections. English. 2025 http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/cd2e909c-4fec-e80c-3857-4359eb5001c8

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Doctrines.

Catholic Church.

Spirituality--Catholic Church.

Spirituality.

Theology, Doctrinal.

Physical Description:

xiii, 459 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York [New York] ; Mahwah, NJ : Paulist Press, [2025]

Summary:

"This volume collects selections from Rahner's writings on prayer, worship, and discipleship as it is lived in the vicissitudes of history"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I. Prayer

1. God of My Lord Jesus Christ (1938)

2. God of My Prayer (1938)

3. The Helper-Spirit (1949)

4. Prayer for Creative Thinkers (1954)

5. The Spirit That Is over All Life (1960)

6. Before God (1962)

7. God, Our Father (1964)

8. We Should Not Fear His Closeness (1965)

Part II. Worship

9. Personal and Sacramental Piety (1952)

10. The Eucharist and Our Daily Lives (1962)

11. The Presence of the Lord in the Christian Community at Worship (1967)

12. What Is a Sacrament? (1971)

13. Faith and Sacrament (1981)

Part III. Devotion

14. "Behold This Heart!": Preliminaries to a Theology of Devotion to the Sacred Heart (1953)

15. All Saints (1956)

16. Being Open to God as Ever Greater: On the Significance of the Aphorism "Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam" (1959)

17. The Fundamental Idea of Mariology (1963)

18. Penance and Confession (1971)

19. Following the Crucified (1978)

20. Book of God

Book of Human Beings (1984)

Part IV. Discipleship

21. Parrhesia (Boldness) (1958)

22. Ideas for a Theology of Childhood (1963)

23. Reflections on the Unity of the Love of Neighbor and the Love of God (1965)

24. Christian Living Formerly and Today (1966)

25. Prayer for the Right Spirit of Christ's Priesthood (1967)

26. The Unreadiness of the Church's Members to Accept Poverty (1972)

27. Experience of the Spirit and Existential Commitment (1974)

28. Courage for an Ecclesial Christianity (1979)

29. Anxiety and Christian Trust in Theological Perspective (1981)

30. A Basic Theological and Anthropological Understanding of Old Age (1982)

31. Nuclear Weapons and the Christian (1982)

32. Christian Pessimism (1984)

33. Prayer of a Lay Person (1984).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-447) and index.

Other Format:

Online version Rahner, Karl, 1904-1984 Spiritual theology

ISBN:

9780809106783

0809106787

OCLC:

1528768270