Theology, Empowerment, and Prison Ministry

Karl Rahner and the Contemporary Exploration for Meaning

Meins G.S. Coetsier (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

348 Seiten

2022
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-52335-7 (ISBN)

Artikel merken

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.”

In Theology, Empowerment, and Prison Ministry Meins G.S. Coetsier offers a new scholarly account of Karl Rahner’s theological anthropology and the prison pastorate with a contemporary expansion for meaning, seeking an antidote to the suffering and isolation of those incarcerated with a “theology of empowerment.” Drawing on prison ministry theorists and practitioners, and on the experiences of Viktor Frankl, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Etty Hillesum, the book argues that Rahner’s views on prison ministry are significant and encouraging but limited regarding the needs and demands of 21st-century prison ministry. In a convincing, perceptive, and groundbreaking study, Coetsier goes beyond Rahner with ecumenical and interreligious perspectives, reminding us all of our human dignity, of meaning and transformation, of our liberation, creativity, hope and community.

Meins G.S. Coetsier, Ph.D. (2008) in Philosophy; Ph.D. (2012) in Comparative Science of Cultures, Ghent University; Ph.D. (2021) in Theology, Trinity College Dublin, is visiting scholar at the Loyola Institute and an ordained deacon and prison chaplain. He is author of The Existential Philosophy of Etty Hillesum (Brill, 2014).

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

Erscheinungsdatum	17.08.2022
Reihe/Serie	Theology and Mission in World Christianity ; 25
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	637 g
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Pastoraltheologie
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
ISBN-10	90-04-52335-9 / 9004523359
ISBN-13	978-90-04-52335-7 / 9789004523357
Zustand	Neuware