{"product_id":"theology-empowerment-and-prison-ministry-karl-rahner-and-the-contemporary-exploration-for-meaning-9789004523357","title":"Theology, Empowerment, and Prison Ministry: Karl Rahner and the Contemporary Exploration for Meaning","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  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","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210852000087,"sku":"9789004523357","price":60.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/theology-empowerment-and-prison-ministry-karl-rahner-and-the-contemporary-exploration-for-meaning-9789004523357","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}