Metaphysics of Mystery: Revisiting the Question of Universality through Rahner and Schillebeeckx

Dr Marijn de Jong (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium)

Metaphysics of Mystery: Revisiting the Question of Universality through Rahner and Schillebeeckx
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Country
United Kingdom
Published
26 August 2021
Pages
328
ISBN
9780567698971

Metaphysics of Mystery: Revisiting the Question of Universality through Rahner and Schillebeeckx

Dr Marijn de Jong (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium)

How can we theologically reflect on universality in a world that increasingly focuses on particularities and differences? Marijn de Jong argues that the question of universality calls for a reconceptualized form of metaphysical theology, which he finds in the work of Karl Rahner and Edward Schillebeeckx. Casting a new light on these theologians, de Jong demonstrates that their methods contain a dialectical interrelation of hermeneutics and metaphysics - an interrelation which seemingly has been lost in more recent hermeneutical theology.

Rahner and Schillebeeckx carefully balance particularity and universality without falling prey to relativist or absolutist ways of reasoning. By analyzing fundamental themes such as experience and interpretation, nature and grace, faith and reason, and intelligibility and mystery, de Jong reveals the modest theological metaphysics that lies at the heart of their methods. This critical retrieval demonstrates the enduring relevance of these thinkers and opens up new avenues of thought for theologians that do not want to shy away from the difficult question of the universality of God.

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