Dr Declan Marmion SM
Publications

Research Interests:

• Contemporary Trinitarian Theology.
• Christian Identity and Postmodernity
• The Relationship between Theology and Spirituality
• The Theology of Karl Rahner.
• Reconciliation and Theology

Books
A Spirituality of Everyday Faith: A Theological Investigation of the Notion of Spirituality in Karl Rahner, Louvain Theological & Pastoral Monographs 23, Louvain, Peeters Press/Eerdmans, 1998.
The Cambridge Companion to Karl Rahner [ed.] with M. E. Hines. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Christian Identity in a Postmodern Age: Celebrating the Legacies of Karl Rahner and Bernard Lonergan [ed.] Dublin, Veritas, 2005.
Theology in the Making: Biography, Contexts, Methods [ed.] with G. Thiessen. Dublin, Veritas, 2005.
An Introduction to the Trinity, with R. van Nieuwenhnove, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press (in preparation).
Trinity and Salvation: Theological, Spiritual and Aesthetic Perspectives [ed.] with G. Thiessen, Theology, Society and Culture Series, 1. Peter Lang: Oxford and Bern, 2009. Please see Theology Society and Culture Series for further details.

Articles
"The Notion of Spirituality in Karl Rahner," Louvain Studies 21, 1996, 61-86.
"The 'Unloved Sacrament:' The Demise of the Sacramentum Paenitentiae," Milltown Studies 43, 1999, 40-62.
"Current Tensions Facing Younger Religious," Religious Life Review 39, 2000, 177-18.
"The Christocentric Spirituality of Karl Rahner," in T. Merrigan and J. Haers, eds., The Myriad Christ: Plurality and the Quest for Unity in Contemporary Theology BETL 152, Leuven, University Press, 2000, 463-91.
"Experiences of a Catholic Theologian," by Karl Rahner. Translated with an Introduction by Declan Marmion and Gesa Thiessen, Theological Studies 61, March 2000, 3-15.
"Revisiting the Sacraments Today," Doctrine and Life 51/4, 2001, 224-29.
"Fundamentalism and the 'Clash of Civilizations'," The Furrow 54/1, 2003, 23-28.
“Rahner and his Critics: Revisiting the Dialogue,” Irish Theological Quarterly 68, 2003, 195-212.
“Theological Trends: Trinity and Relationships,” The Way 43/2, 2004, 104-118.
“Theology, Spirituality, and the Role of Experience in Karl Rahner,” Louvain Studies, 29, 2004, 49-76.
“Rahner and Lonergan: A Centenary Tribute,” (with R. Moloney) The Furrow 55/9, September 2004, 483-90.
“Trinity and Salvation: A Dialogue with Catherine LaCugna,” Irish Theological Quarterly (2009) 74: 115-129

Recent Reviews

• Review of A Whisper of God. Essays on post-Catholic Ireland and the Christian Future. Richard Clarke. (Dublin. The Columba Press, 2006) in Search 30/2 (2007): 172-74.
• Review of Kay Carmichael, Sin and Forgiveness. New Responses in a Changing World. Explorations in Practical, Pastoral and Empirical Theology(Aldershot: Ashgate, 2003) in Milltown Studies 58 (2006): 144-46.
• Karl Rahner: Theology and Philosophy, London and New York: Routledge, 2004 by Karen Kilby and Karl Rahner: Life in the Spirit by John J. O’Donnell, SJ, Rome: Gregorian University Press, 2004 in The Way 44 (2005):120-21.
•  Karl Rahner: Gotteserfahrung in Leben und Denken. By Herbert Vorgrimler. Darmstadt: Primus Verlag, 2004 in Theological Studies 66 (2005): 898-900.
• New Life for Old. On Desire and Becoming Human, by Vincent McNamara, Dublin: Columba Press, 2004, in Milltown Studies 54 (2004): 191-92.

Participation in, and Lectures given at, National/International Conferences/Symposia

1997

• "The Christocentric Spirituality of Karl Rahner," Lecture at the Leuven Encounters in Systematic Theology (LEST)“The Myriad Christ: Plurality and the Quest for Unity in Contemporary Theology,” Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium, 19-21 November 1997.

2000

• Participant at the Society for the Study of Theology, Oxford on “Forgiveness and Truth,” 10-12 April 2000.

2003

• “Rahner and his Critics: Revisiting the Dialogue,” Lecture at the Lonergan Centre Meeting, Milltown Institute, Dublin, 21 March 2003.

• “Theology, Spirituality, and the Role of Experience in Karl Rahner,” Lecture at the LEST IV Conference “Religious Experience and Contemporary Theological Epistemology,” Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium, 5-8 November 2003.

2004

• “Theology, Spirituality, and the Role of Experience in Karl Rahner,” Lecture at the Centenary Conference on Karl Rahner, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 27-28 February 2004.

• “An Introduction to The Cambridge Companion to Karl Rahner,” Addressto the Karl Rahner Society at the Annual Meeting of the Catholic Theological Society of America, Washington DC, USA, 10-12 June 2004.

• “Christian Identity in a Postmodern Age: A Perspective from Rahner,” Lecture at the International Centenary Conference – Celebrating Karl Rahner and Bernard Lonergan. Milltown Institute of Philosophy and Theology, Dublin, 5-6 November 2004.

2005

• Participant at the Conference of the Gesellschaft für Evangelische Theologie,
  “Der lebendige Gott. Auf den Spuren neueren trinitarischen Denkens und
  Redens in unserer Zeit,” Erfurt, Germany, 21 – 23 February 2005.

• Plenary Response to Daniel Madigan, SJ (Rome) “God’s Word to the World: Jesus and the Qur’an, Incarnation and Recitation,” Leuven Encounters in Systematic Theology LEST V, Louvain, Belgium 2-5 November 2005.

2008

• “Trinity and Salvation: A Contemporary Perspective,” Paper given at an International Conference: “Rediscovering the Trinity Today: Theological, Spiritual, and Aesthetic Perspectives,” Milltown Institute, Dublin, 15/16 February 2008.