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This book is an original study of the Marian discourses of Joseph
Ratzinger (Benedict XVI) who is recognised as a major modern
theologian within and without the Catholic Church. It evinces
Ratzinger's ability to open new horizons in inherited teaching and
new ways of understanding it within the parameters of orthodox
theology. This is especially true of his theological understanding
of Mary and the relationship of her being to that of the Church.
The author gives a succinct introduction to this Mariology,
navigating through biblical theology, Patristics, history of dogma,
Christian anthropology, and some contemporary developments in
Marian studies. By highlighting the devotional and pastoral
implications of Marian spirituality in the Church, Ratzinger is
further portrayed as a faithful theologian and conserver of the
truth of Christian worship (lex credendi, lex orandi). Undoubtedly,
Ratzinger is a renowned theologian, but the scholarly nature of
this text convincingly presents him as a sound and outstanding
Mariologist. This book is the fi rst to offer a fascinatingly
comprehensive and intelligible account of this subject by drawing
together, for the fi rst time, passages from a very wide range of
Ratzinger's writings.
This book is a study of a significant nexus in contemporary
Catholic thought that has not had the attention that it deserves
and is peculiarly relevant to the turbulent conditions of the
Modern Church, especially in relation to Vatican II. It is a
portrayal of Ratzinger's discerning grasp of Vatican II Mariology
and ecclesiology as a peritus of note during the Council's
sessions. The author lucidly sets out Ratzinger's understanding of
Marian theology as key to the Church's self-understanding, which
was the primary burden of Vatican II and still of the contemporary
Church. Faithful to his hermeneutic, one of continuity in reform,
the book casts Ratzinger's appraisal of the Mary-Church relation as
receptive to a new shift in the decision not to have a separate
Council document on Mary because Mary is already the full
realisation of the Church. One of the book's strikingly novel
contributions is its depiction of the Marian dimensions to the
Church's liturgy and missionary evangelization. The author shows
that Ratzinger's thought here is both intricate and coherent and
that it discloses a profoundly unifying direction in the Council as
a whole, that has not yet been fully understood.
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