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Article: God and the Victim: Traumatic Intrusions on Grace and Freedom.(SHORTER NOTICES)(Book review)
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- Theological Studies
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- December 1, 2008
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GOD AND THE VICTIM: TRAUMATIC INTRUSIONS ON GRACE AND FREEDOM. By Jennifer Erin Beste. AAR Academy. New York: Oxford University, 2007. Pp. viii + 164. $39.95.
Beste's study of Rahner's theology of freedom and grace questions the adequacy of any theology of freedom that would hold that the effect of God's grace "is not entirely vulnerable to earthly contingencies" (13). She argues that, while Rahner is open to the possibility that every free "yes" to God's self-communication can be radically compromised or even threatened by the free acts of others, his stress on the transcendental freedom of every spiritual subject to accept God's self-communication (in a ...