Gift to the Church and World
Fifty Years of Joseph Ratzinger's Introduction to Christianity
Gift to the Church and World
Fifty Years of Joseph Ratzinger's Introduction to Christianity
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Publisher: James Clarke & Co Ltd
ISBN: 9780227178829
Number of Pages: 366
Published: 25/05/2023
Few books in theology have faced the twentieth century with all its horrors and yet revoiced the redemptive Christian antidote as convincingly as Joseph Ratzinger's 1968 masterpiece, Introduction to Christianity. In Gift to Church and World, John Cavadini and Donald Wallenfang present papers from the conference held at the University of Notre Dame to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of this classic book's publication and, through it, Ratzinger's lasting influence on the world of Christian theology. Bishops, priests, and lay men and women set their hands to 'the trowel of tribute,' honoring the legacy of Joseph Ratzinger and the pivotal role he has played in the recent history of the Catholic Church.
Covering Ratzinger's work on fundamental theology, philosophical theology, dogmatic theology, spiritual theology, and pedagogy, the essays gathered here shed new light on Ratzinger's theological genius. Throughout, the authors return to his compelling expression of the divine call to reawaken to our true identity as beloved children of God. Altogether, readers will deepen their appreciation and understanding of the theological contributions of Joseph Ratzinger, and his continued relevance to mission and evangelisation today.
List of Contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction by John C. Cavadini
I. Overview and Context
Chapter 1. Integral Faith Formation in the Spirit of the Second Vatican Council: Joseph Ratzinger's Introduction to Christianity (1968), by Most Rev. Rudolf Voderholzer
Chapter 2. The Articulation of Faith Between Memory and Recollection, by Rev. Richard Schenk, OP
Chapter 3. The Reception of Einfürhrung in das Christentum among the Reviewers, by Tracey Rowland
II. Fundamental Theology
Chapter 4. The Introduction to Christianity in Light of Principles of Catholic Theology, by Cyril O'Regan
Chapter 5. Ratzinger on Lessing's "Ugly Broad Ditch": Augustinian Ressourcement and Modern Rationalism, by Rev. Aaron Pidel, SJ
Chapter 6. An Introduction to Tradition in Ratzinger's Introduction to Christianity, by Catherine R. Cavadini
Chapter 7. An Introduction to Scripture in Ratzinger's Introduction to Christianity, by Anthony J. Pagliarini
III. Philosophical Theology
Chapter 8. Nein und doch: Ratzinger's Philosophy of Renunciation in an Augustinian Key, by Donald Wallenfang, OCDS
Chapter 9. "Being for" and Normativity in a Post-Durkheimian Age, by Anthony C. Sciglitano, Jr.
IV. Dogmatic Theology
Chapter 10. Joseph Ratzinger's "Spiritual Christology", by Rev. Robert P. Imbelli
Chapter 11. Touching the Void: Ratzinger's Soteriology, by Francesca Murphy
Chapter 12. The Homelessness of Pneumatology: Ratzinger on the Spirit and the Church in the Modern World, by Patrick X. Gardner
Chapter 13. Hide and Seek: The Eschatology of Introduction to Christianity, by Leonard J. DeLorenzo
Chapter 14. The Liturgical Metaphysics of Gift in Introduction to Christianity, by Timothy P. O'Malley
V. Spiritual Theology
Chapter 15. On Christian Structures, by Clemens Sedmak
Chapter 16. On the Absenting of Christ: Cruciform Beauty in Ratzinger's Introduction to Christianity, by Jennifer Newsome Martin
Epilogue: "The Pedagogy of Introducing" by John C. Cavadini
Index
