NEW FORMAT
Aidan Nichols' timely book is the first full-scale investigation of Joseph
Ratzinger's theology in its development from the 1950s to the present day. It
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; commenting
on the Apostles' Creed; explorations of the concept of the Church; preaching,
liturgy and Church music; eschatology; the foundations of dogmatic and moral
theology; the Church and politics; ecumenism, and the problem of pluralism. This
book is a comprehensive introduction to a figure who is in his own right, quite
apart from his significance in the politics of the Church, a major German
Catholic theologian of the twentieth century.This new edition provides an
amplification of the existing chapters by reference to books and articles…
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