Karl Rahner, who died in 1984 at the age of eighty, is recognized as one of the greatest of twentieth-century Roman Catholic theologians, but his works are forbidding in their extent (the list ofhis writings numbers over 4000 titles!) and his language has often been found extremely difficult by his readers. Moreover, many of those who never had the opportunity to meet him know little about his personality and his life. In this attractive study, Herbert Vorgrimler, a former pupil and lifelong friend, demonstrates that Raiier's work is not as unapproachable as it is made out to be. He begins by producing a portrait of Rahner, his personal characteristics, his main interests, his style, his language, his audience and his spirituality, so that without having specific details of his work and career, we feel that we know the man we are to meet. Then he traces the course of Rahner's life, setting his major writiligs in a personal context and against the background of the development of Roman Catholic theology in the twentieth century, before and after the Second Vatican Council. An appendix illuminates the Council from letters by Rahner to the author, some of which appear for the first time.

Understanding Karl Rahner: An Introduction to His Life and Thought

Religion & Spirituality

Vorgrimmler, Herbert

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Notes on Wesley's Forty - Four Sermons

LAWSON, John

Many people find praying a burdensome duty r ather than a way to joy and peace. Here, J. Neville Ward giv es practical guidance to all who would grow in the life of p rayer. '

The Use of Prayer

Ward, J.Neville

Worship & Devotion

The Chronology of the Life of Paul

The chronology of the life of Paul

Ogg, George

Susanna Wesley and the Puritan tradition in Methodism

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John A. Newton

Community & Culture

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Plain Account of Christian Perfection

John, Wesley

Professor Hering was Professor Emeritus of the University of Strasbourg, where for many years had been a famous Protestant New Testament scholar. His wide philosophical interests include ethics and phenomenology, and he was well known as a contributor to the Revue d'historie et de philosophie religieuse. His commentary on La second epitre de saint Paul aux Corinthiens appeared in 1958, and in 1959 the new edition of his Le royaume de Dieu et sa venue. But this work is the first to be translated into English, and a lifetime of New Testament study lies behind it. At Professor Hering's request a new English translation of the text of the Epistle has been prepared, which embodies the conclusions reached in the critical notes of the commentary. The body of the commentary is intelligible to the general reader, and the footnotes, in which much rich scholarship is garnered, are richly rewarding to the scholar and student. Knowledge of Greek is not essential; Greek words are transliterated into English letters, and generally are at once translated.

First Epistle of Saint Paul to the Corinthians

Hering, Jean (trans A. W. Heathcote & P. J. Allcock)

The Life of the Spirit in the World of Today

Wakefield, Gordon S.

Show of Hands

Snowden, Rita F.

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Davis, Richard W.

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