The Ratzinger Reader Mapping a Theological Journey

by Ratzinger, Joseph; Boeve, Lieven; Mannion, Gerard

• ISBN13: 9780567032140
• ISBN10: 0567032140
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-07-08
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark

Summary

A fascinating and insightful volume collecting together the key writings of Joseph Ratzinger, some of them yet untranslated, from his youthful and more progressive writings, to his 'transition period' following his disillusionment with the aftermath of Va

Author Biography

Lieven Boeve is Professor of Fundamental Theology at the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium), where he currently also serves as Dean of the Faculty and as the co-ordinator of the Research Group Theology in a Postmodern Context.
Gerard Mannion serves as Chair of the Ecclesiological Investigations Research Network and is a Senior Research Fellow of the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Volume Format and Guidance to the Reader	p. xi
Preface: Mapping a Theological Journey	p. xiii
Introduction: Joseph Ratzinger: His Life, Thought and Work	p. 1
Prolific Theologian and Outspoken Church Leader	p. 1
'Only the truth will set you free'	p. 7
Both Church Leader and Theologian Concurrently?	p. 9
Is there a Ratzinger I and a Ratzinger II? The Question of the Theological 'Volta-faccia'	p. 11
Theological Foundations: Revelation, Tradition and Hermeneutics	p. 13
Introduction	p. 13
Revelation, Scripture and Tradition	p. 13
The Formation of Tradition	p. 18
Christian Faith Challenged by a Modern Context	p. 28
Christ, Humanity and Salvation	p. 51
Introduction	p. 51
Christian Faith is About Conversion: 'It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me' (Gal 2:20a)	p. 53
Salvation	p. 57
Salvation in Christ: 'I am the way, the truth and the life' (John 14:6)	p. 65
Salvation in Christ Includes the Hope of Resurrection and Eternal Life	p. 72
The Historical and Bodily Human Being Before God: A Sacramental Anthropology	p. 75
Understanding the Church: Fundamental Ecclesiology	p. 81
Introduction	p. 81
The Essential Nature of the Church	p. 87
The Babylonian Captivity of the Post-Conciliar Church	p. 94
Reinterpreting the Ecclesiology of Vatican II: The Ontological Priority of the Universal Church	p. 100
The Fullness of the Church: Discerning the Meaning of 'Subsistit in'	p. 108
A Normative Ecclesiology of Communion: A Project on the Way	p. 113
Christian Faith, Church and World	p. 119
Introduction	p. 119
The Dialogue of the Church with the Modern World	p. 119
The Christian Soul of Europe	p. 125
Christian Faith and Politics	p. 133
Christian Unity and Religious Dialogue: On Ecumenism and Other Faiths	p. 139
Introduction	p. 139
Christianity and World Religions	p. 148
No Salvation Outside the Church?	p. 154
Discerning the 'Ecumenical Dispute' between Orthodoxy, Catholicism and Protestantism	p. 160
Ecumenical Realities Today	p. 167
Against Pluralism and Relativism	p. 172
Teaching and Authority: Dimensions of Magisterium	p. 179
Introduction	p. 179
The Relationship between the Bishops and the Papacy	p. 187
The Structure and Task of the Synod of Bishops	p. 201
Free Expression and Obedience in the Church	p. 207
The Vocation of the Catholic Theologian	p. 212
Magisterium and Morality	p. 218
Liturgy, Catechesis and Evangelization	p. 225
Introduction	p. 225
Change and Permanence in the Liturgy	p. 233
The Crisis of Catechesis	p. 240
The Teaching Office of the Bishop	p. 246
The New Evangelization	p. 251
Interpreting the Second Vatican Council	p. 257
Introduction	p. 257
Aggiornamento and Vatican II	p. 258
The Reception of Vatican II: 'The Real Time of Vatican II is Still to Come'	p. 264
Interpreting Vatican II: Between the Spirit and the Letter	p. 272
Postscript: Which 'hermeneutics of reform'?	p. 276
Index of Names	p. 281
Index of Subjects	p. 284
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