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Benedict XVI’s writing as priest-professor, bishop, head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and now pope has shaped Catholic theological thought in the twentieth century. In Explorations in the Theology of Benedict XVI, a multidisciplinary group of scholars treat the full scope of Benedict’s theological oeuvre, including the Augustinian context of his thought; his ecclesiology; his theologically grounded approach to biblical exegesis and Christology; his unfolding of a theology of history and culture; his liturgical and sacramental theology; his theological analysis of political and economic developments; his use of the natural law in ethics and conscience; his commitment to a form of interreligious dialogue from a place of particularity; and his function as a public, catechetical theologian.
“This volume is a truly beautiful and deep look at the theological work of one of the Church’s greatest living theologians. [It] is thorough and reflects the breadth of its subject.” —The Thomist
John C. Cavadini is professor of theology and McGrath-Cavadini Director of the Institute for Church Life at the University of Notre Dame. He is editor and co-editor of a number of books, including Who Do You Say That I Am? Confessing the Mystery of Christ (2004), Miracles in Jewish and Christian Antiquity: Imagining Truth (2000), and Gregory the Great: A Symposium (1996), all published by the University of Notre Dame Press.
Acknowledgments
Introduction by John C. Cavadini
1. Benedict the Augustinian by Cyril O’Regan
Part I. The Dynamic of Advent
2. Culture and Conscience in the Thought of Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI by Peter Casarella
3. Resolving the Relativity Paradox: Pope Benedict XVI and the Challenge of Christological Relativism by Edward T. Oakes, S.J.
4. A Depth of Otherness: Buddhism and Benedict’s Theology of Religions by Robert M. Gimello
5. Reflections on Introduction to Christianity by Lawrence S. Cunningham
Part II. Caritas in Veritate
6. God’s Saving Justice: Faith, Reason, and Reconciliation in the Political Thought of Pope Benedict by Daniel Philpott
7. Development Driven by Hope and Gratuitousness: The Innovative Economics of Benedict XVI by Simona Beretta
Part III. God is Love
8. Papal Ecclesiology by Francesca Aran Murphy
9. The Baptism of Jesus: On Jesus’ Solidarity with Israel and Foreknowledge of the Passion by Gary A. Anderson
10. The Feast of Peace: The Eucharist as a Sacrifice and a Meal in Benedict XVI’s Theology by Kimberly Hope Belcher
11. Mary in the Theology of Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI by Matthew Levering
List of Contributors
Index