scholarly journals Reflection on the Theology of Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI)

2013 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
J Corkery
Keyword(s):  
Pope Benedict Xvi ◽  
Benedict Xvi ◽  
Joseph Ratzinger

Liberalism Ex Nihilo: Joseph Ratzinger on Modern Secular Politics

Politics ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 169-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Christopher Paskewich
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
The Political ◽  
Moral Orientation ◽  
Liberal State ◽  
Pope Benedict Xvi ◽  
Benedict Xvi ◽  
Joseph Ratzinger ◽  
Ex Nihilo ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Political Realm

Joseph Ratzinger – now Pope Benedict XVI – has a rich body of political writings that has gone largely unnoticed by political scientists. A renowned theologian, even outside the Catholic Church, he has sensitively explored the impact of secularism and religion on liberal democracy. In public and in print, he even debated the philosopher Jürgen Habermas on these topics. This article explores his novel contribution to the study of the liberal state: a secularised, religious foundation for the state will balance autonomy for the citizens with a needed moral orientation for the political realm.

scholarly journals HANS KÜNG DAN JOSEPH RATZINGER – DUA PANDANGAN TENTANG YESUS KRISTUS

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 277
Author(s):  
Georg Ludwig Kirchberger
Keyword(s):  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
Son Of God ◽  
Pope Benedict Xvi ◽  
Benedict Xvi ◽  
Historical Method ◽  
Hans Küng ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
Joseph Ratzinger

<p><em>Hans Küng and Joseph Ratzinger are two well-known figures whose biography runs parallel to the end of the Second Vatican Council, but since the 1970s they have been sharply separated and since then they have developed into representatives of the two currents of development in the Catholic Church after the Second Vatican Council.</em><em> </em><em>In this article the author describes the characteristics of their respective views on Jesus Christ.</em><em> </em><em>Hans Küng's views are described according to the concise description in the book “20 Thesen zum Christsein” and his views are summarized under the title Jesus of Nazareth – an exemplary Man.</em><em> </em><em>Meanwhile, Joseph Ratzinger's view is taken from his book Jesus of Nazareth, which was published after Ratzinger became Pope Benedict XVI and is summarized under the title Jesus Christ – the Son of God.</em><em> </em><em>After describing the two positions, the writer gives a brief response to the two views. </em></p><p><strong>Keywords:</strong> Hans Küng, Joseph Ratzinger, christology, historical Jesus, critical historical method.<strong><em></em></strong></p>

Contemplating Jesus Risen

2019 ◽  
pp. 166-184
Author(s):  
Matthew Levering
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Christian Tradition ◽  
Hans Urs Von Balthasar ◽  
Pope Benedict Xvi ◽  
Benedict Xvi ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Dead ◽  
Joseph Ratzinger

This chapter argues that a contemplative attitude toward Scripture’s portraits of Jesus helps one appreciate the credibility of the proclamation that Jesus rose from the dead to glorified life. The alternative consists in taking a reductive approach that is inadequate to the testimony as a whole. The chapter first attends briefly to certain elements of what Aquinas has to say about contemplating Jesus Christ, by way of providing some background in the Christian tradition. Second, it examines the efforts of Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI to perceive the face of Christ through the biblical portraits of Christ. In his Jesus of Nazareth, his meditation upon the New Testament narratives about Jesus’ Resurrection provides him with grounds for judging the historicity of Jesus’ Resurrection. Third, the chapter surveys the case for the credibility of Christian claims that is offered by Hans Urs von Balthasar in his book Love Alone Is Credible.

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