Karl Rahner's Foundations of Christian Faith has been described as a "summa" of Catholic theology for the twentieth century. Rahner said the book has a "more comprehensive and systematic character" than his other writings. This paraphrase, now published (y disponible en espaņol) outlines the Foundations from the view point of the pastoral minister. To view abbreviated texts, choose one of the chapters below.

Preface and Introduction

I. The Hearer of the Message

II. Man in the Presence of Absolute Mystery

III. Threatened Radically by Guilt

IV. The Event of God's Self-Communication

V. The History of Salvation and Revelation

VI. Jesus Christ

VII. Christianity as Church

VIII. Remarks on Christian Life

IX. Eschatology

Epilogue: Brief Creedal Statements

Index to the Foundations

 

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