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The ‘Other’ in Karl Rahner’s Transcendental Theology and George Khodr’s Spiritual Theology

Within the Near Eastern Context

by Sylvie Avakian (Author)
©2012 Thesis 298 Pages

Summary

According to Karl Rahner’s transcendental theology, God is present in the inner reality of every being. Salvation is therefore possible for all. The author proposes a hermeneutical key to be applied on Rahner’s works, based on the assumption that there are two different theological motives or claims in Rahner’s theology. Furthermore the author presents George Khodr’s position concerning the non-Christian religions, particularly Judaism and Islam, within the contemporary Near-Eastern context. Khodr, based on the Patristic heritage of the Eastern Church, makes salvation possible for the ‘Other’ – Christ is the horizon of every human yearning for love and freedom. The ‘Other’ in this sense is the symbol for divine presence in one’s life. It is the very recognition of God, seeing God in the face of the ‘Other’.

Details

Pages
298
Publication Year
2012
ISBN (PDF)
9783653017953
ISBN (Hardcover)
9783631634301
DOI
10.3726/978-3-653-01795-3
Language
English
Publication date
2012 (August)
Keywords
Divine energies Theology of Religions Eastern Orthodox Theology Human-Divine Union The cosmic Christ Apophatic Theology
Published
Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2012. 298 pp.

Biographical notes

Sylvie Avakian (Author)

Sylvie Avakian is currently a lecturer in Systematic Theology at the Near East School of Theology, Beirut.

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