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Being Salvation': A Reinterpretation of Rahner's Christ as Savior

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posted on 2014-11-12, 00:00 authored by Brandon Reed Peterson
While Christ's salvific role as 'primal Sacrament' is a widely documented part of Karl Rahner's soteriology, another major and yet underappreciated part is Christ's identity as 'Representative' (both our representative before God and God's before us). The dissertation uncovers this identity within Rahner's theology, situating it in relation to other historical examples of representative soteriology (e.g., Irenaeus of Lyons) and to Rahner's more familiar sacramental soteriological categories. It gives special attention to Rahner's early studies of and writings on the Church Fathers, particularly Rahner's own untranslated and recently published dissertation, E latere Christi ('From the Side of Christ').

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Date Modified

2017-06-02

Defense Date

2014-07-16

Research Director(s)

Robert A. Krieg

Committee Members

J. Matthew Ashley M. Catherine Hilkert

Degree

  • Doctor of Philosophy

Degree Level

  • Doctoral Dissertation

Language

  • English

Alternate Identifier

etd-11122014-134414

Publisher

University of Notre Dame

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  • Theology

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  • Theology

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