Tag Archives: Karl Rahner

A Good Friday/Easter reflection on the promise of paradise

Posted on April 10, 2020 by theoutwardquest

On this Good Friday, and with a quarantined Easter coming, I offer some thoughts about the so-called “thief on the cross” and Jesus’ statement to him “Today you shall be with me in paradise.” This story comes from Luke 23:39-43. … Continue reading →

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Savary-wrap up

Posted on September 23, 2019 by theoutwardquest

Teilhard de Chardin’s spirituality as expressed in Louis Savary’s Teilhard de Chardin-The Divine Milieu Explained has been my latest reading project. I need to wrap it up today. Teilhard is valuable for his spiritual vision. I react to it in … Continue reading →

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Soulen–Karl Rahner’s existential toward God

Posted on November 6, 2018 by theoutwardquest

The book I am blogging about is The God of Israel and Christian Theology. Here R. Kendall Soulen sees in Karl Rahner’s concept of the “supernatural existential” a way forward toward a better way of telling the Christian story. Because … Continue reading →

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Soulen-Egypt and all nations

Posted on November 5, 2018 by theoutwardquest

R. Kendall Soulen in The God of Israel and Christian Theology gives us some biblical interpretation worth pondering. To restate something I have already covered, he says that the theme of creation is blessing. God created us to spread his … Continue reading →

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Soulen-clearing the way for a better story

Posted on October 31, 2018 by theoutwardquest

After a couple of days thinking about the fatal event that happened in Pittsburgh on Saturday, I return to R. Kendall Soulen’s The God of Israel and Christian Theology. Three theologians feature in Soulen’s attempt to reinterpret the Christian gospel. … Continue reading →

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Soulen–Barth, Rahner and missed possibilities

Posted on October 22, 2018 by theoutwardquest

R. Kendall Soulen, in The God of Israel and Christian Theology talks about how in the mid to late 20th century the two Karls, Barth and Rahner, attempted to modify the standard Christian model. Both of them were responding to the … Continue reading →

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Berkouwer-the motive of the Incarnation

Posted on November 18, 2014 by theoutwardquest

G.C. Berkouwer was a 20th century Dutch Reformed theologian. He wrote a series of Studies in Dogmatics. This is not a full-fledged systematic theology. But it is a pretty comprehensive series of monographs about the main subjects of Christian theology. … Continue reading →

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Johnson-deep incarnation

Posted on July 17, 2014 by theoutwardquest

I continue my blog series about Elizabeth Johnson’s book, Ask the Beasts. Incarnation is the Christian doctrine that, in Jesus, God became flesh (John 1:14). Some modern translations of that verse say “the word became a human being.”  Johnson wants … Continue reading →

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Johnson-the Bible, death and deep time

Posted on July 14, 2014 by theoutwardquest

Elizabeth Johnson’s Ask the Beasts is our subject once again. She is a philosophically aware theologian or, perhaps, a theologically aware philosopher. My field is more biblical studies and history. So I look out for places where the Bible impinges … Continue reading →

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