Theology, Empowerment, and Prison Ministry : : Karl Rahner and the Contemporary Exploration for Meaning / / Meins G.S. Coetsier.

• Superior document: Theology and Mission in World Christianity ; 25
• VerfasserIn: Coetsier, Meins G. S.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2022]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Theology and Mission in World Christianity ; 25.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (376 pages)

In Theology, Empowerment, and Prison Ministry Meins G.S. Coetsier offers a new account of Karl Rahner’s theological anthropology and the prison pastorate with a contemporary expansion for meaning, seeking an antidote to the suffering of those incarcerated with a “theology of empowerment.”

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• List of Illustrations
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• 1 Karl Rahner’s Anthropology and Gaudium et Spes
• Introduction
• 1 Karl Rahner’s Theological Anthropology
• 2 Anthropology of Gaudium et Spes
• 3 Anonymous Christianity
• Conclusion
• 2 Karl Rahner on the Prison Pastorate
• Introduction
• 1 Finding Christ in Prisoners (Christus in den Gefangenen)
• 2 Finding Ourselves in the Prisoners
• 3 The Hidden Truth of Our Own Situation
• Conclusion
• 3 Rahner’s Limitations – Responses and Challenges
• Introduction
• 1 Where Rahner’s Anthropology and “The Prison Pastorate” Fall Short
• 2 Response to Rahner’s Limitations
• 3 Two Further Questions
• Conclusion
• 4 Rahner’s Edges – Incarceration from a Prisoner’s Perspective
• Introduction
• 1 The Will to Meaning
• 2 Three Mental Stages
• 3 Prison Perspectives
• Conclusion
• 5 Beyond Rahner – Towards a Theology of Prison Ministry
• Introduction
• 1 The Situation of Prisoners Today
• 2 The Need for a Theology of Empowerment
• 3 Elements of a Theology of Empowerment (Theologie der Stärkung)
• Conclusion
• Conclusion
• Chronology
• Bibliography
• Plates
• Index
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• List of Illustrations
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• 1 Karl Rahner’s Anthropology and Gaudium et Spes
• Introduction
• 1 Karl Rahner’s Theological Anthropology
• 2 Anthropology of Gaudium et Spes
• 3 Anonymous Christianity
• Conclusion
• 2 Karl Rahner on the Prison Pastorate
• Introduction
• 1 Finding Christ in Prisoners (Christus in den Gefangenen)
• 2 Finding Ourselves in the Prisoners
• 3 The Hidden Truth of Our Own Situation
• Conclusion
• 3 Rahner’s Limitations – Responses and Challenges
• Introduction
• 1 Where Rahner’s Anthropology and “The Prison Pastorate” Fall Short
• 2 Response to Rahner’s Limitations
• 3 Two Further Questions
• Conclusion
• 4 Rahner’s Edges – Incarceration from a Prisoner’s Perspective
• Introduction
• 1 The Will to Meaning
• 2 Three Mental Stages
• 3 Prison Perspectives
• Conclusion
• 5 Beyond Rahner – Towards a Theology of Prison Ministry
• Introduction
• 1 The Situation of Prisoners Today
• 2 The Need for a Theology of Empowerment
• 3 Elements of a Theology of Empowerment (Theologie der Stärkung)
• Conclusion
• Conclusion
• Chronology
• Bibliography
• Plates
• Index
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• List of Illustrations
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• 1 Karl Rahner’s Anthropology and Gaudium et Spes
• Introduction
• 1 Karl Rahner’s Theological Anthropology
• 2 Anthropology of Gaudium et Spes
• 3 Anonymous Christianity
• Conclusion
• 2 Karl Rahner on the Prison Pastorate
• Introduction
• 1 Finding Christ in Prisoners (Christus in den Gefangenen)
• 2 Finding Ourselves in the Prisoners
• 3 The Hidden Truth of Our Own Situation
• Conclusion
• 3 Rahner’s Limitations – Responses and Challenges
• Introduction
• 1 Where Rahner’s Anthropology and “The Prison Pastorate” Fall Short
• 2 Response to Rahner’s Limitations
• 3 Two Further Questions
• Conclusion
• 4 Rahner’s Edges – Incarceration from a Prisoner’s Perspective
• Introduction
• 1 The Will to Meaning
• 2 Three Mental Stages
• 3 Prison Perspectives
• Conclusion
• 5 Beyond Rahner – Towards a Theology of Prison Ministry
• Introduction
• 1 The Situation of Prisoners Today
• 2 The Need for a Theology of Empowerment
• 3 Elements of a Theology of Empowerment (Theologie der Stärkung)
• Conclusion
• Conclusion
• Chronology
• Bibliography
• Plates
• Index.