Collected articles can be found in A Passion for God: The Mystical-Political Dimension of Christianity, translated by Matthew Ashley and in John K. Works in English include: The Emergent Church, Faith in History and Society, Poverty of Spirit, and Hope Against Hope. The key categories of his theology are memory, solidarity, and narrative. His thought turns around fundamental attention to the suffering of others. He is one of the most influential post-Vatican II German theologians. Metz is at the center of a school of political theology that strongly influenced Liberation Theology. He is Ordinary Professor of Fundamental Theology, Emeritus, at Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster, Germany.Ī student of Karl Rahner, he broke with Rahner's transcendental theology in a turn to a theology rooted in praxis. Collected articles can be found in Johann Baptist Metz is a Catholic theologian. A student of Karl Rahner, he broke with Rahner's transcendental theology in a turn to a theology rooted in praxis. He is Ordinary Professor of Fundamental Theology, Emeritus, at Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster, Germany. Johann Baptist Metz is a Catholic theologian.

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