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Karl Rahner

カール・ラーナー

Kāru Rānā

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1904-03-05 (Freiburg im Breisgau, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empire)
死没
1984-03-30 (Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria) 80歳
国籍
German
言語
German
宗教
Roman Catholic (Jesuit)
居住地歴
Freiburg (birthplace) → Pullach (teaching formation) → Innsbruck (studies and teaching) → Vienna (pastoral work) → Munich (chair of Christianity and Philosophy of Religion) → Münster (chair of dogmatic theology)

経歴

職業
Theologian, Priest (Jesuit), Philosopher, Academic, Author
活動期間
1922年〜1984年
所属
Society of Jesus (Jesuits), University of Munich (chair), University of Münster (chair)
所属団体
Society of Jesus
影響を受けた人物
Thomas Aquinas, Immanuel Kant, Joseph Maréchal, Pierre Rousselot, Martin Heidegger
影響を与えた人物
Second Vatican Council (influential theological ideas), Late 20th-century Catholic theologians (e.g., Henri de Lubac, Yves Congar), Contemporary Christian theology and philosophy of religion

学歴

University of Freiburg
Faculty of Philosophy / Philosophy
学位: 博士(哲学)
期間: 1934–1939(博士論文作成)
卒業年: 1939
国: Germany
Doctoral dissertation Geist in Welt (later translated as Spirit in the World). Initially rejected by his mentor.
University of Innsbruck
Faculty of Theology / Theology / Dogmatic Theology
学位: ハビリタツィオン(准教授資格)
期間: 1936年(ハビリタツィオン取得)
卒業年: 1936
国: Austria
Completed habilitation and served as Privatdozent in the theology faculty.

受賞歴

Honorary Doctorate (Philosophy)
1973
主催: University of Innsbruck, Faculty of Philosophy
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Geist in Welt / Spirit in the World

1939年 Philosophy / Theology

A doctoral-level work interpreting Aquinas's epistemology from a transcendental Thomist perspective, exploring the relation of being and knowledge.

Transcendental ThomismOntologyEpistemology
翻訳
  • Spirit in the World

Homanisation

1965年 Theology / Religious Philosophy

Discusses 'homanisation', addressing evolution and Catholic doctrine and exploring theological implications of human becoming.

Evolution and theologyGraceHuman existence
翻訳
  • English translation available (Homanisation)

Grundkurs des Glaubens / Foundations of Christian Faith

1976年 Theology (Systematic Theology)

Rahner's most developed systematic work, treating major themes such as God's self-communication, the Trinity, and Christology.

God's self-communicationTrinityChristology
翻訳
  • Foundations of Christian Faith

Hörer des Wortes / Hearers of the Word

1941年 Religious Philosophy / Theology

An early important work exploring the foundations of religious experience and understanding of faith.

Experience of faithPhilosophy of religion
翻訳
  • English translation available (Hearers of the Word)

全著作

  • Schriften zur Theologie (Theological Investigations, multi-volume)
  • Lexicon für Theologie und Kirche (editor)
  • Sacramentum Mundi (co-editor)
  • Grundkurs des Glaubens (Foundations of Christian Faith)

翻案

作品の翻訳

  • Grundkurs des Glaubens → Foundations of Christian Faith
  • Geist in Welt → Spirit in the World

作風・主題

文体
Philosophical and analytical styleAbstract and conceptualScholarly and essayistic
頻出モチーフ
God's self-communicationEveryday mysticismTranscendental experienceGrace (supernatural existential)

健康

  • Illness from exhaustion
    1984年3月(最終期)
    After sustained activity into the late 1970s and early 1980s, he fell ill from exhaustion and died in 1984.

評価・遺産

Heavily influential in 20th-century Catholic theology; his ideas informed aspects of the Second Vatican Council and contributed major concepts (e.g., Anonymous Christian) to contemporary theological debate.

記念館・博物館

  • Karl Rahner Centre (Freiburg) Freiburg, Germany

関連学会

  • Karl Rahner Society

資料所蔵先

  • Karl Rahner Archive in Munich

大衆文化への影響

  • Public interest arose from his 22-year romantic affair with Luise Rinser and the later publication of their correspondence.

引用

  • God wishes to communicate himself, to pour forth the love which he himself is. He creates man so that he can receive this Love and accept it.
    出典: Theological Investigations (Karl Rahner) (1950年)

豆知識

  • He produced some 4,000 written works over his life.
  • In 1962 he was placed under pre-censorship by Roman authorities but was appointed a peritus to the Second Vatican Council the same year.
  • Maintained a long-term romantic correspondence with writer Luise Rinser (1962–1984).