Karl Rahner

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Karl Rahner: References & Edit History

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- In Christology: Post-Enlightenment Christology
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- In Thomism: Decline and revival through the mid-20th century

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- In revelation: Revelation and experience
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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Apr 03, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Mar 26, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Mar 01, 2024
	Added new Web site: Philosophy Professor - Biography of Karl Rahner.	Veenu Setia	Jun 26, 2008
	Added new Web site: Island of Freedom - Biography of Karl Rahner.	Veenu Setia	Jun 26, 2008
	Added new Web site: Scandalon - Biography of Karl Rahner.	Dutta Promeet	Apr 03, 2007
	Added new Web site: Boston Collaborative Encyclopedia of Western Theology - Karl Rahner (1904-1984).	Dutta Promeet	Apr 03, 2007
	Added new Web site: Karl Rahner Society - Biography of Karl Rahner.	Dutta Promeet	Apr 03, 2007
	Article revised and updated.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Dec 14, 2006
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998