Joseph Ratzinger in Dialogue with Philosophical Traditions: From Plato to Vattimo

by Tracey Rowland (Editor), Alejandro Sada (Editor), Rudy Albino de Assunção (Editor)

Overview

This book extensively explores the various influences and connections between Joseph Ratzinger and a number of leading philosophers; engaging with his work by means of Spanish, Portuguese, German, and English schools of thought through the contributions of a global body of scholars.

Each chapter in this volume examines precisely how Ratzinger has dealt with the ideas of a particular philosopher, and how he has appropriated their ideas and thoughts. Moving from philosophers he has modified or critiqued – such as Kant, Comte or Wittgenstein – to those who have contributed to his philosophical theology, such as Guardini and Pieper, this truly international endeavour is an extraordinary jourbaney into Ratzinger's engagement with his competing and congenial schools of thought.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780567706850
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	02/22/2024
Pages:	424
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.25(d)

About the Author

Alejandro Sada is Professor of Theology at the Universidad Panamericana, Mexico.

Tracey Rowland is St. John Paul II Chair of Theology at the University of Notre Dame, Australia.

Rudy Albino de Assunçao is Professor of Philosophy and Theology at Centro Universitário Católica de Quixadá, Brasil.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Introductory Study; Gottlieb Söhngen's understanding of theology and philosophy - Christian Poncelet, translated from German by Tracey Rowland

1. Plato: God, Conscience, and Truth - Manuel Schlögl

2. Augustine of Hippo: The Reciprocal Dependence of Faith and World - Emery A. de Gaál (University of Saint Mary of the Lake, USA)

3. Bonaventure of Bagnoregio: The Metaphysics of History - David González Ginocchio

4. Thomas Aquinas: How We Know God - Pablo Blanco-Sarto

5. Immanuel Kant: Distinguishing Verum and Ens - Jacob Phillips (St. Mary's University, UK)

6. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: Reason, Historicity, and Community - Eduardo Charpenel

7. Auguste Comte: Science, Reason, and Religion - Euclides Eslava (Universidad de La Sabana, Colombia)
Translated from Spanish by Christa Byker

8. Karl Marx and Marxism. The Problem of the Priority of Praxis - Tracey Rowland (University of Notre Dame, Australia)

9. Friedrich Nietzsche: Eros, Morality, and the Death of God - Owen Vyner (Christendom College, USA)

10. Martin Buber: Personalism and Relationality - Mariusz Biliniewicz (University of Notre Dame, Australia)

11. Hans Kelsen, Richard Rorty, and John Rawls: Philosophical Relativism and Religious Traditions of Wisdom - Rudy Albino de Assunção (Centro Universitário Católica de Quixadá, Brazil)

12. Romano Guardini: Liturgy, Christian Existence, Truth, and Ethics - Marcela Jiménez Unquiles (Universidad a Distancia de Madrid, Spain)

13. Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Scope of Reason - Tracey Rowland (University of Notre Dame, Australia)

14. Martin Heidegger: Being and Time, Conor Sweeney (Christendom College, USA)

15. Edith Stein: The Reasonableness of Faith - Mary Frances McKenna

16. Karl Popper: Fideism, Rationalism, and Rationality- Eduardo Echeverría (Sacred Heart Major Seminary, USA)

17. Josef Pieper: Philosophy, Philology, and Theology - Hanna-Barbara Gerl-Falkovitz (Benedikt XVI Institut, Heiligenkreuz, Austria)

18. Jean-Paul Sartre: Truth, Freedom, and Responsibility - Alejandro Sada (Universidad Panamericana, Mexico)
Translated from Spanish by Christa Byker

19. Albert Camus: The Meaning of Life - Alejandro Sada (Universidad Panamericana, Mexico)
Translated from Spanish by Christa Byker

20. Spaemann, Christian Schaller (Institut Papst Benedict XVI, Germany)

21. Jürgen Habermas: Democracy and Religion in Pluralistic Societies - Mary Frances McKenna (Centre for Marian Studies, UK)

22. Gianni Vattimo: Nihilism and Truth - Thomas G. Guarino (Seton Hall University, USA)

Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

This book provides an overview of the philosophical sources that play a role in Ratzinger's thought. It will be of special interest to those who want to locate his thought in relation to the history of ideas. Whereas previous studies have mainly focused on Ratzinger's early engagement with Augustine and Bonaventure, this one completes the picture regarding his dialogue with philosophers. Of particular importance are the insights into Ratzinger's dialogue with modern and contemporary thinkers, which can help his readers to avoid over-simplifications that would characterize him as simply hostile to Modernity.” —Patricia Pintado-Murphy, University of Saint Mary of the Lake, USA

“A much-needed resource, Joseph Ratzinger in Dialogue with the Philosophical Tradition helps us to concretize Ratzinger's commitment to the interdependence of faith and reason by mapping Ratzinger's lifelong philosophical engagement. By allowing its readers to follow a brilliant theologian's discerning appropriation of some of history's greatest philosophers, this book does a great service to lovers of Truth everywhere.” —Aaron Pidel, Marquette University, USA

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