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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?'
Contents
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
