Translation Editor's Preface |
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Introduction |
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Karl Rahner: A Portrait, by Karl Lehmann |
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WHAT IS CHRISTIANITY? |
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1. A Short Formula of the Christian Faith |
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2. The Sacramental Structure of the Christian Salvation-Reality |
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3. Christianity and World Religions |
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4. Christianity Is Not an Ideology 55 |
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5. Jesus Christ: The Synthesis 63 |
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6. Why Remain a Christian? 66 |
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THE MYSTERY OF EXISTENCE |
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7. The Mystery of the Human Person |
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8. Nature as Creation |
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9. Life |
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10. The Human Person as God's Creature |
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11. The Human Spirit |
90 |
12. "You Are Dust!" |
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13. Freedom Received from and Directed toward God |
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14. Freedom as the Total and Finalizing Self-Mastery of the Subject |
100 |
15. Freedom and Ensnarement in Guilt |
103 |
16. Love: The Basic Human Act |
107 |
17. Propositional Knowledge and Primordial Consciousness |
114 |
18. Intellectual Honesty and Human Decision |
116 |
19. The Divided and Enigmatic Nature of Humanity |
118 |
20. Individuality and Community |
121 |
21. The Child |
123 |
22. The Challenge of Growing Old |
129 |
23. The Pilgrimage of Life |
131 |
24. Human Death |
135 |
25. On Work |
137 |
26. Patience |
138 |
27. On Illness |
141 |
28. Renunciation and Self-Realization |
144 |
29. Laughter |
148 |
30. On Getting About |
152 |
31. Seeing and Hearing |
154 |
32. Primordial Words |
159 |
33. Hearer of the Word |
164 |
34. The Contemporary Inner Threat to Truth |
169 |
35. "Freedom": A Contemporary Slogan |
174 |
36. Christian Faith and Secularization |
177 |
37. When Are We Peace-Loving? |
179 |
38. Creative Hope for Peace |
180 |
39. The World and the Angels I |
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40. The World and the Angels II |
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41. The World and History as the Event of God's Self-Communication |
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42. Evil and the Devil |
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43. The Need of Redemption |
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ON THE LIVING GOD |
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44. The Word "God" |
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45. Images of God |
211 |
46. Troubled Atheism? |
213 |
47. God Is Far from Us |
216 |
48. Natural Knowledge of God? |
220 |
49. Experience of Self and Experience of God |
222 |
50. God Is No Scientific Formula |
227 |
51. The True God |
230 |
52. God in the Old Testament |
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53. God in the New Testament |
233 |
54. The Uniqueness of God in the New Testament |
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55. God as Person in the New Testament |
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56. On the Personal Being of God |
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57. God Is Love |
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58. God, Our Father |
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59. Non-Christian and Christian Conceptions of God |
259 |
60. God and Creatures |
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61. God's Self-Disclosure and the Human Word |
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62. A Prayer: God of My Life |
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JESUS CHRIST |
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63. Jesus of Nazareth between Jews and Christians |
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64. Seeking Jesus Christ |
277 |
65. Approaches to Jesus Christ |
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66. "I Believe in Jesus Christ" |
283 |
67. The Birth of the Lord |
286 |
68. The Everydayness of Jesus' Life |
289 |
69. Jesus' Self-Consciousness |
291 |
70. The Core of Jesus' Proclamation |
293 |
71. The Will for the Cross |
297 |
72. "Behold the Man" |
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73. The High Point of Jesus' Mission |
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74. The Cross as the Revelation of God's Love |
304 |
75. Gratitude for the Cross |
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76. Jesus' Resurrection |
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77. The Easter Message |
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78. The Glorified Lord |
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79. Christ's Ascension into Heaven |
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80. The Eternal Significance of Jesus' Humanity |
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81. The Christological Dogma |
334 |
82. The Credibility of the Dogma on the Incarnation |
337 |
83. The Two Basic Types of Christology |
339 |
84. The Christian Doctrine of Redemption |
345 |
85. Incarnation and Imitation |
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86. A Prayer to Jesus Christ |
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THE HOLY SPIRIT |
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87. The Holy Spirit as the Fruit of Redemption |
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88. Pentecost |
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89. The Holy Spirit and the Church |
361 |
90. The Holy Spirit and the Mysticism of Everyday Life |
367 |
91. The Triune God I |
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92. The Triune God II |
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93. The Triune God and Monotheism |
382 |
94. A Prayer at Pentecost |
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THE PEOPLE OF GOD IN HISTORY |
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95. Witness to the World's Salvation |
389 |
96. The Church: The Basic Sacrament of the World's Salvation |
390 |
97. The Closure of Revelation |
401 |
98. Scripture as the Book of the Church |
402 |
99. Truth and the Development of Dogma |
406 |
100. What Is "Demythologizing?" |
409 |
101. The Holy Church |
410 |
102. The Sinful Church |
413 |
103. The Church and Freedom |
416 |
104. The Priest |
417 |
105. Ministry of the Word |
419 |
106. Women and the Priesthood |
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107. Charisms |
433 |
108. Religious Life |
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109. Religious Life and Change |
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110. Pastoral Care of the Laity |
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111. Mission |
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112. Mary and the Church |
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113. The Feast of Mary's Immaculate Conception |
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114. Mary's Assumption |
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115. Does Mary Divide the Denominations? |
463 |
116. The Marian Dogmas and Protestant Theology |
465 |
117. The Roman Catholic Church |
466 |
118. Toward Ecumenical Dialogue |
469 |
119. Theses for the Unity of the Churches |
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120. Dangers for the Church |
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121. Trust within the Church |
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122. A Servant Church |
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123. The Church as a Tiny Flock |
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124. A Declericalized Church |
487 |
125. Democratization of the Church |
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126. A Letter from the Pope in the Year 2020 |
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127. The Church as a Critic of Society |
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128. Assent to the Actual Church |
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129. What the People Actually Believe |
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CHRISTIAN LIFE |
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130. One Must Name the Mystery |
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131. Prayer as the Fundamental Act of Human Existence |
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132. Pray Daily Life! |
510 |
133. The Prayer of Petition I |
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134. The Prayer of Petition II |
518 |
135. Love of God |
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136. Baptism and Confirmation |
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137. Original Sin |
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138. Sin and Guilt |
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139. Venial Sin |
535 |
140. Morality without Moralizing |
537 |
141. Existential Ethics |
543 |
142. Penance and the Anointing of the Sick |
544 |
143. The Eucharist |
547 |
144. The Meal of Pilgrims |
550 |
145. The Mystery of Christian Marriage |
553 |
146. The Sobriety of Christian Life |
556 |
147. Calm Readiness for God |
560 |
148. Christian Flight from the World |
562 |
149. Christian Joy in the World |
566 |
150. Grace and Dying with Christ |
568 |
151. To the Greater Glory of God |
571 |
152. The Unity of Love of God and Neighbor |
579 |
153. Internal Threat to the Faith |
587 |
154. The Christian in the World |
588 |
155. The Missionary Task of the Christian |
592 |
156. Christianity and Literature |
597 |
157. Faith and Culture |
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158. A Prayer to the Lord Who Is Present |
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HOPE IN GOD |
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159. Utopia and Reality |
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160. Christian Pessimism |
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161. The Advent Person |
616 |
162. The Real Future |
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163. The Christian Understanding of Death |
625 |
164. The Intermediate State |
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165. Judgment |
632 |
166. Purgatory |
633 |
167. Eternal Damnation? |
634 |
168. Eternity in Time |
637 |
169. Hope of Eternal Life |
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170. The Beatific Vision FAITH |
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171. Heaven |
651 |
172.Resurrection of the Flesh |
652 |
173.Christian Optimism |
657 |
174. Prayer for Hope |
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Selected Bibliography |
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