1982 0-7734-9941-5 This work examines the critical issues, both internal and external, confronting the post-Vatican II Church and to evaluate the suitability of Karl Rahner's sacramental ecclesiology for a world Church. Includes an analysis of historical and theological roots of Rahner's ecclesiology; its development and appropriateness as a strategic theology for a world Church. This book aims to treat Rahner's complex writings in a clear, straightforward fashion, and to make the insights of this major theologian understandable for the informed Christian of our times.