Benedict XVI's writing as priest-professor, bishop, head of the
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and now pope has shaped
Catholic theological thought in the twentieth century. In
"Explorations in the Theology of Benedict XVI," a multidisciplinary
group of scholars treat the full scope of Benedict's theological
oeuvre, including the Augustinian context of his thought; his
ecclesiology; his theologically grounded approach to biblical
exegesis and Christology; his unfolding of a theology of history
and culture; his liturgical and sacramental theology; his
theological analysis of political and economic developments; his
use of the natural law in ethics and conscience; his commitment to
a form of interreligious dialogue from a place of particularity;
and his function as a public, catechetical theologian. This volume
originated at a conference at the University of Notre Dame on the
occasion of the pontiff and theologian's eighty-fifth birthday. It
provides an introduction to Benedict's ecclesially grounded
theology, articulated in his essays, monographs, and sermons, and
also serves as a primer in the major concerns of Catholic
theological discourse in the twentieth century. "Explorations in
the Theology of Benedict XVI" will be of interest to students in
theology; those concerned with the development of a pastoral
approach to theology that is simultaneously sophisticated in its
thought; theological historians seeking to understand the place of
Benedict vis-a-vis twentieth-century intellectual life; and general
readers of Benedict's work. "This collection of essays on the
theology of Benedict XVI offers a new apologetics founded 'not so
much on the desire to outdo one's opponent in dialectical victory
but to allow the Love in which the original Word was spoken . . .
to make its own case, its own apologia, in the hearts of those who
hear.' It is, in short, an excellent presentation of what Benedict
XVI means when he says that 'love and reason are the twin pillars
of all reality.' The essays sympathetically uncover the pontiff's
theological foundation stones." --Tracey Rowland, John Paul II
Institute, Melbourne, Australia "If you're looking for a synoptic
view of Benedict XVI's theological achievement, this is by a long
way the best thing on offer in English. Each of the essays provides
a detailed engagement with a central theme in Benedict's theology,
treated not merely in isolation but also in terms of its relations
to the whole. The result is a profound depiction of the range,
scope, and integrated nature of Benedict's theology. This is a
volume that honors the thinker it treats by taking him seriously
not only as pope, but also as a theologian." --Paul J. Griffiths,
Duke Divinity School "This is quite simply the best exploration of
Pope Benedict's theology available in English. Some of these essays
dig deep into the younger Ratzinger's Augustinian soil and reveal
to us the roots of Benedict's papal teaching. Others trace the
lines of growth from those roots out to his striking papal
encyclicals, and to the apologetics of love that grounds his vision
of the Church's task. The fruitfulness of the collection is perhaps
most evident in the way that the authors do not simply repeat, but
think with and in the light of Benedict's theology. Above all, this
collection displays Benedict's theology as a personal, living faith
and a reasoned faith, as a theology of divine and human love that
invites humanity into faith's re-imagining of human existence."
--Lewis Ayres, Durham University "Shunning simplistic varieties of
both caricature and adulation, these essays provide an appreciative
but rigorous engagement with the breadth and depth of Benedict's
theology. The result is not merely a collection of summaries of
different texts and themes but rather a convincing portrait of the
vitality, integrity, and fecundity of Benedict's theological vision
and its prophetic witness to the evangelical message of God's
unfathomable love." --Khaled Anatolios, Boston College School of
Theology and Ministry
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