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Recovering Rahner's Concept of Being in Spirit in the World

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Ryan Duns*
Affiliation:
University of Detroit Jesuit High School
*
8400 S. Cambridge, Detroit, MI 48221, USA. E-mail: ryanduns@gmail.com

Abstract

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Copyright © The author 2009. Journal compilation © The Dominican Council.

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2 Ibid., 2.

3 Ibid., 85.

4 Ibid., 127.

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6 Kilby, 6.

7 Henceforth, SW.

8 Henceforth, HoW.

9 Due to the spatial constraint, we will focus only on the first two arguments.

10 Ibid., 10.

11 Ibid., 10.

12 Ibid., 133.

13 Kilby, 11.

14 Ibid., 128.

15 Ibid., 75.

16 Ibid., 10.

17 Ibid., 75. “The semi-foundationalist, then, does not suppose Rahner to deduce or derive the whole of his theology from his philosophy: it is rather that at certain key points Rahner's theology requires the support of philosophically established claims.”

18 Ibid., 10.

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