Rahmat dalam Kekristenan

Di dalam teologi Kristen Barat, rahmat atau kasih karunia adalah pertolongan yang diberikan Allah kepada seseorang karena Allah menghendaki orang itu mendapatkan pertolongan-Nya, bukan lantaran ada amal perbuatan orang itu yang setimpal dengan pertolongan-Nya. Umat Kristen memahami rahmat sebagai karunia spontan dari Allah kepada umat manusia. Karunia spontan ini "berlimpah-limpah, cuma-cuma, dan sama sekali tidak terkira maupun setimpal dengan amal perbuatan", serta berwujud kemurahan, cinta kasih, belas kasihan, dan keikutsertaan di dalam kehidupan ilahi Allah.

Referensi

Bacaan tambahan

Ortodoks 

 Bishop Kallistos (Ware), The Inner Kingdom: The Collected Works (St. Vladimir's Seminary, 2000) 
 The Way of a Pilgrim and A Pilgrim Continues on His Way, Olga Savin, trans. (Shambhala, 2001)

Katolik Roma 
 Catholic Answers, Grace: What it is and What it Does
 Catholic Teaching on Sin & Grace (Center for Learning, 1997), 
 George Hayward Joyce, The Catholic Doctrine of Grace (Newman, 1950), 
 "Grace." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 6. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909.
 Stephen J. Duffy, The Graced Horizon: Nature and Grace in Modern Catholic Thought (HPAC, 1992), 
 Vincent Nguyen, The Pauline Theology of Grace from the Catholic Perspective,

Protestan 
 Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship, Fuller and Booth, trans. (Touchstone, 1995).
 John Calvin, "Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book 2 Chapter 4"
 Randy Maddox, Responsible Grace (Kingswood, 1994) 
 Alister McGrath, Iustitia Dei: A History of the Christian Doctrine of Justification (Cambridge, 1998) 
 Glen Pettigrove, "Forgiveness and Grace", in Forgiveness and Love (Oxford University Press, 2012) 124–150.
 R. C. Sproul, Grace Unknown: The Heart of Reformed Theology (Baker Book House, 1999) 
 Ulasien, Paul, The Power of a Grace Perspective  (Infinity, 2011) , 
 Philip Yancey, What's So Amazing About Grace? (Zondervan, 1997) 
 Paul F. M. Zahl, Grace in Practice: A Theology of Everyday Life (Eerdmans, 2007) 

Istilah Kristen