A Spirituality of Everyday FaithBecause "spirituality" is such a ubiquitous term today, any attempt to elucidate it more fully is only to be welcomed. Volume 23 in the LTPM series represents a significant contribution in this regard. Beginning with the apostle Paul, Declan Marmion shows how the meaning of the term "spirituality" changed over the centuries. He then offers a useful working definition of spirituality and explores the complicated relationship between spirituality, academic theology, and religious experience. In the main body of the book, Marmion focuses on the spiritual basis of Karl Rahner's theology. Exhibiting a comprehensive knowledge of the primary and secondary literature in this area, Marmion uses Rahner's notion of spirituality to treat such important themes as the nature of God, mystical experience, prayer, love of neighbor, and more. |
Contents
The Notion of Spirituality | 1 |
b Spirituality An Ambiguous Term | 3 |
1 The Changing Meaning of the Term | 4 |
b Subsequent Development of the Term after Paul | 9 |
c Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries | 12 |
d Further Developments in the Use of the Term | 15 |
2 Towards a Definition of Spirituality | 18 |
a Spirituality and Spiritual Theology | 19 |
c Experience of Enthusiasm | 152 |
d Comments and Questions | 157 |
3 Experience of Grace | 163 |
b Rahners Supernatural Existential | 170 |
c Consequences | 178 |
ii Rahners Three Appeals | 186 |
I believe in Jesus Christ | 194 |
The Ignatian Dimensions of Rahners Spirituality | 199 |
b Spirituality and Spiritualities | 24 |
C Components of a Definition | 26 |
3 Theology and Spirituality | 29 |
b Spirituality and Experience | 33 |
c Spirituality An Immature Discipline | 37 |
d Summary | 39 |
The Notion of Spirituality in Karl Rahner | 41 |
1 The Spiritual Basis of Rahners Theology | 42 |
b Ignatian Influences | 46 |
c Rahners Early Spiritual Theology | 48 |
2 Key Themes in Rahners Notion of Spirituality | 55 |
A Mysticism of Everyday Faith | 61 |
c Prayer as Surrender of the Heart | 69 |
d Love of Neighbour as Love of God | 79 |
3 Towards a Definition of Spirituality in Rahner | 88 |
b Components of a Definition | 100 |
The Experiential Dimension of Rahners Notion of Spirituality | 109 |
1 The Rahnerian Notion of Religious Experience | 111 |
ii Human Experiences and the Experience of God | 115 |
b Experience of God as Experience of Transcendence | 124 |
c Rahners TranscendentalAnthropological Method | 130 |
d Implications for Spirituality | 140 |
2 Experience of the Spirit and Enthusiasm | 145 |
b Experience of the Spirit and Existential Decision | 150 |
1 The Ignatian Background | 201 |
Introduction and Context | 202 |
b Rahners Appropriation of Ignatian Mysticism | 206 |
ii Ignatian Indifference | 211 |
2 Rahners Ignatius Interpretation | 216 |
b Discernment of Spirits | 219 |
c An Interim Appraisal | 228 |
ii The Preferred Time of Election | 235 |
d The Christological Dimension of the Ignatian Election | 240 |
3 Rainier and Ignatian Mystagogy | 252 |
b Mystagogy and the Application of the Senses | 261 |
Towards a Mystagogical Spirituality | 274 |
An Evaluation of Rahners Notion of Spirituality | 281 |
1 A Synthesis of Various Criticisms | 282 |
b Criticism from the Left | 296 |
c Gathering the Threads | 305 |
2 The Specifically Christian Nature of Rahners Spirituality | 312 |
b The Ecclesial Aspect of Rahners Spirituality | 319 |
c The Sacramental Aspect of Rahners Spirituality | 327 |
Towards a New Vision of Spirituality | 336 |
Anne Carr | 346 |
4 Retrospect and Prospect | 357 |
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