Joseph Ratzinger as Doctor of Incarnate Beauty
This paper argues that Joseph Ratzinger is a theologian with the stature of a Church Doctor, notwithstanding the fact that he did not develop a theological system in the manner of other ‘big name’ theologians of the twentieth century such as Karl Barth, Karl Rahner and Hans Urs von Balthasar. The au...
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| description | This paper argues that Joseph Ratzinger is a theologian with the stature of a Church Doctor, notwithstanding the fact that he did not develop a theological system in the manner of other ‘big name’ theologians of the twentieth century such as Karl Barth, Karl Rahner and Hans Urs von Balthasar. The author argues that it is Ratzinger’s manner of responding to the contemporary crisis in fundamental theology that is his outstanding intellectual contribution to the life of the Church, along with his effect of a Christocentric turn in magisterial theology and his defence of beauty within his theology of culture. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c7da43433dbc459294c22d84885a27c32024-03-02T16:14:54ZengTaylor & Francis GroupChurch, Communication and Culture2375-32342375-32422020-05-015223524710.1080/23753234.2020.17681301768130Joseph Ratzinger as Doctor of Incarnate BeautyTracey Rowland0University of Notre DameThis paper argues that Joseph Ratzinger is a theologian with the stature of a Church Doctor, notwithstanding the fact that he did not develop a theological system in the manner of other ‘big name’ theologians of the twentieth century such as Karl Barth, Karl Rahner and Hans Urs von Balthasar. The author argues that it is Ratzinger’s manner of responding to the contemporary crisis in fundamental theology that is his outstanding intellectual contribution to the life of the Church, along with his effect of a Christocentric turn in magisterial theology and his defence of beauty within his theology of culture.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23753234.2020.1768130cultureratzingerbeautycorrelationismchurch doctor |
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