Date of Award
2018
Degree Name
Master of Philosophy (School of Philosophy and Theology)
Schools and Centres
Philosophy and Theology
First Supervisor
Professor Matthew Ogilvie
Second Supervisor
Associate Professor Glenn Morrison
Abstract
This thesis develops the methodology of the practice of the History of Ideas for the study of English language Rahnerian literature. Drawing primarily on the Cambridge School and techniques of French analysis, it endeavours to recover the intended consequence of particular writings of Karl Rahner and to examine how this intended consequence conforms with the current English language understanding. It facilitates this with a study of several questions that arise in the current dominant hermeneutics of English language Rahner study. By deploying a rigorous intellectual history of Rahner’s theological development, it tests the extent to which the non-foundationalist approach to Rahner’s theology is consistent with Rahner’s own historical development. It finally concludes with several suggestions on how some of these new questions may be addressed.
Publication Details
Reddie-Clifford, M. (2018). Ontologia ad theologia: An intellectual history of contemporary English language Rahner Scholarship (Master of Philosophy (School of Philosophy and Theology)). University of Notre Dame Australia. https://researchonline.nd.edu.au/theses/226