Karl Rahner

The Reverend
Karl Rahner
SJ
The Reverend Karl Rahner SJ
	Portrait of Rahner by L. M. Cremer
Born	5 March 1904; Freiburg im Breisgau, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empire
Died	30 March 1984 (aged 80); Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria
Education
Alma mater	University of Freiburg; University of Innsbruck;
Doctoral advisor	Martin Honecker
Philosophical work
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Transcendental Thomism
Institutions	LMU Munich
Doctoral students	Lorenz Bruno Puntel
Main interests	Christology; Trinity; faith;
Notable ideas	Anonymous Christian, economic trinity and immanent trinity, the supernatural existential, God's self-communication

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Karl Rahner SJ (German: [ˈʁaːnɐ]; 5 March 1904 – 30 March 1984) was a German Jesuit priest and theologian who, alongside Henri de Lubac, Hans Urs von Balthasar, and Yves Congar, is considered to be one of the most influential Catholic theologians of the 20th-century. He was the brother of Hugo Rahner, also a Jesuit scholar.

Before the Second Vatican Council, Rahner worked alongside Yves Congar, Henri de Lubac, and Marie-Dominique Chenu, theologians associated with the emerging school of theological thought known as Nouvelle théologie. The Council was influenced by Rahner's theology and his understanding of Catholic faith.