While no single anthology could hope to capture the full scope of Karl Rahner's thought--his publications number more than 3,500 separate works in the years between 1924 and 1979--this collection is the best that could possibly be devised, containing 174 selections that reflect the best of Rahner's thought from the early 1950s to 1980.

Karl Rahner was a German Jesuit and theologian who, alongside Henri de Lubac, Hans Urs von Balthasar, and Yves Congar, is considered one of the most influential Roman Catholic theologians of the 20th century.