The Thought of Pope Benedict XVI

An Introduction to the Theology of Joseph Ratzinger

Aidan Nichols (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

456 Seiten

2024 | 3rd edition
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-43112-6 (ISBN)

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This important and illuminating book focuses on Ratzinger's status as one of the preeminent Catholic theologians of the 20th century. Aidan Nichols provides a full-scale investigation of his theology as it develops from the 1950s onward. The book presents a chronological account of the development of Ratzinger's writing which reflects a wide range of historical and theoretical interests such as: Augustine's ecclesiology, early Franciscanism and the idea of salvation history, Christian brotherhood, the unfolding of the Second Vatican Council, the Apostles’ Creed, explorations of the concept of the Church, preaching, liturgy and Church music, eschatology, the foundations of dogmatic and moral theology, and the problem of pluralism.

This third edition, as well as providing a two-chapter-long biography of Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI, and amplifying the account already given of his later pre-papal writings, describes the new thinking that belongs to the years of Benedict's pontificate. That comprises his trilogy of books on Jesus of Nazareth, his quartet of encyclicals, and the set of major speeches he gave at global venues, chiefly on the contribution of faith to culture and civil society. An expanded Conclusion, weighing the lasting significance of his work, leads into a presentation of the themes of his posthumous essay collection - the 'curtain-call' he entitled 'What is Christianity?’

Aidan Nichols is former Pope John Paul II Memorial Lecturer at the University of Oxford, UK.

Preface to the Third Edition

Preface to the Second Edition

Preface to the Reprint of the First Edition

Chapter 1
The Bavarian Background

Chapter 2
The Life: Cisalpine

Chapter 3
The Life: Ultramontane

Chapter 4
Augustine and the Church

Chapter 5
Bonaventure and Saving History

Chapter 6
Christian Brotherhood

Chapter 7
The Event of the Council

Chapter 8
Reflections on the Creed

Chapter 9
More Ecclesiological Essays
Chapter 10
The Eschatology Theme

Chapter 11
The Preacher

Chapter 12
The Liturgist

Chapter 13
Back to Foundations

Chapter 14
The Prefect

Chapter 15
The Candidate

Chapter 16
The Benedict's Jesus

Chapter 17
The Pope of the Virtues

Chapter 18
Theologian of the Polis

Conclusion
Postscript: Benedict's Posthumous Tome

Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	23.08.2024
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-10	1-350-43112-5 / 1350431125
ISBN-13	978-1-350-43112-6 / 9781350431126
Zustand	Neuware