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(2013) Models of God and alternative ultimate realities, Dordrecht, Springer.
Karl Rahner, one of the most important theologians in the history of the Catholic Church, developed his doctrine of God through philosophical and theological reflection on the theistic faith conviction he received from his Catholic family and training as a Jesuit priest. His early philosophical works, influenced by Kant and Heidegger, developed a metaphysical anthropology that views human beings as essentially oriented to being as a whole and a philosophy of religion based on human receptivity to a potential divine word heard in history. In moving to theology, Rahner rejected a sharp distinction between faith and reason, claiming instead that faith is the highest achievement of reason. His vast theological corpus portrays God as the holy mystery, who is the source of the dynamism of the human spirit and as the goal of human transcendence. We relate to God not the highest being among other beings, but as the horizon that makes all knowing and loving possible.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5219-1_37
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Bacik, J. J. (2013)., Karl Rahner on God, in J. Diller & A. Kasher (eds.), Models of God and alternative ultimate realities, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 441-451.
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