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Embraced by Compassion: On Human Longing and Divine Response. By Barbara Fiand. New York: Crossroad, 1993. 144 pages. $10.95 (paper).

the major themes of Karl Rahner's writings: grace, Trinity, christology and the church, among others. Dych corrects the mistaken but common impression that Rahner is an arcane and difficult theologian inaccessible to all but the most erudite. He points out that Rahner's theology begins not with philosophy or dogma but rather with the awareness of being grasped by the gracious mystery of God. Although recognizing the influence of the German philosophers Kant and Heidegger, Dych highlights the influence of the spirituality of St. Ignatius of Loyola as a formative influence on Rahner's theology and contextualizes them within its intentionality, namely, to help human beings reflect on their experience of being called and drawn into the loving reality of God. The chapter on the Christian vocation, which includes an overview of Rahner's sacramental theology, is a good example of Dych's perceptive treatment. He points out Rahner's recognition of the continuity rather than separation between Christian life, other expressions of religious life, and the secular world in which Christians live out their vocation. Rahner understands "the Church as a sign of what is true of the whole human family rather than as a special and privileged enclave within it" (116). Within that context, Dych recognizes the centrality of the social, ecclesial nature of the sacraments in Karl Rahner's theology. "One receives grace through association with the community which is the sign of grace, and the sacramental actions deepen this association" (125). Prior to any specific calling within the community, Dych notes, is the fundamental Christian consecration of baptism and confirmation, so that what unites laity and clergy is more basic than what separates them. Because of this, Rahner maintains, the ordained minister's participation in Eucharist is more important for his Christian life than his administration of the sacrament (118).