The life of the paradoxical seventeenth-century philosopher and mathematician is examined here along three axes--psychological, theological, and linguistic--to present the first rounded portrayal o…
Thomas Aquinas is unquestionably one of the most influential thinkers of western civilization. His way of seeing the world and his vitality in explaining the Christian faith have influenced scholar…
There was a time, not very long ago, when St. Hildegard's theological enterprise could be dismissed as a curiosity in church history, and she herself patronized as atoken woman and thereby marginal…
This second book in what was to become in retrospect a series of three books assembled toward the end of his life collecting Rahner's informal views on life and the Church moved me the most. The fi…
Hoff’s original study offers a new vision of the history of modernity and the related secularization narrative, a deconstruction of the basic assumptions of postmodernism, and an unfolding of a l…
This is a carefully researched and lucidly written explication of the difficulties that faced German bishops and leading theologians in their confrontation with National Socialism. Professor Krieg …
Robert Kress combines biographical information and primary sources to provide keen insights into understanding Karl Rahner. A comprehensive guide to reading and appreciating the thoughts of an impo…
This book can be used as a general introduction to the major themes and fundamental principles of Rahner's theology as a whole. Each chapter provides a broad commentary on the corresponding chapter…