ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the theology of Karl Rahner and then on the theologies of two younger contemporaries of his. It offers a reading of Rahner's theology of religions based on some key themes in his extensive, nonsystematic corpus. Rahner's approach to theology of religions is based, perhaps surprisingly, in his theological anthropology. The chapter briefs his doctrine of the Trinity and relates it to his theology of religions. It highlights the positive contributions and thus potential of his theology with regard to Christianity's relation to other relations, and points out several inadequacies and challenges to Rahner's trinitarian proposal. The chapter outlines the potential and strong points of Rahner's trinitarian theology of religions and explores how those could be further developed and put into the service of Christianity's dialogue with other religions. The challenge most often posed to Rahner deals with terminology, focusing on the inappropriateness of the term 'anonymous Christians/Christianity'.
