On May 12, 2004, Pope Benedict XVI - then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger-addressed the Italian Senate on the state of the West; the very same day, Joseph Pera, President of the Italian Senate, spoke before the Lateran College of the Papal University. Together they called upon the West to confront the spiritual, cultural, and political malaise that have afflicted it in the earliest years of the 21st century. In the months that ensued, before Cardinal Ratzinger's election to the papacy, they developed their ideas into the eloquent dialogue that is Without Roots - a book that quickly became an Italian bestseller and is even more timely today than ever. With Europe shaken by the war in Iraq, terrorism, security, Israel, relations with the U.S., immigration, and the rejection of the EU constitution in both France and the Netherlands, the issue of European identity has profound implications for the rest of the world. Bringing together their unique vantage points as leaders of Church and State, Pope Benedict XVI and Pera challenge us to imagine what can be the future of a civilization that has abandoned its history for a relativist secularism. They call on the West to embrace a spiritual rather than political renewal-and to accept the moral beliefs that alone can help us to make sense of changes in technology, economics, and society. Pope Benedict XVI joins the President of the Italian Senate to offer a provocative critique of the spiritual, cultural, and political crisis afflicting the West.

Without Roots: The West, Relativism, Christianity, Islam

History

Ratzinger, Joseph Cardinal

Pera, Marcello

Moore, Michael F.

Benedict

World

Basic Books

In four superb homilies and a concluding essay, Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, provides a clear and inspiring exploration of the Genesis creation narratives. While the stories of the world’s creation and the fall of humankind have often been subjected to reductionism of one sort or another ― literalists treat the Bible as a science textbook whereas rationalists divorce God from creation ― Ratzinger presents a rich, balanced Catholic understanding of these early biblical writings and attests to their enduring vitality. Beginning each homily with a text selected from the first three chapters of Genesis, Ratzinger discusses, in turn, God the creator, the meaning of the biblical creation accounts, the creation of human beings, and sin and salvation; in the appendix he unpacks the beneficial consequences of faith in creation. Expertly translated from German, these reflections set out a reasonable and biblical approach to creation. ‘In the Beginning . . .’ also serves as an excellent homiletic resource for priests and pastors.

In the Beginning…': A Catholic Understanding of the Story of Creation and the Fall (Ressourcement: Retrieval and Renewal in Catholic Thought (RRRCT))

Religion & Spirituality

Ramsey, Boniface

Christian Books & Bibles

Eerdmans

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Eschatology: Death and Eternal Life (DOGMATIC THEOLOGY)

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

Catholic Univ of Amer Pr

This is the English publication of Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger s second doctoral dissertation. Its topic is The Theology of History in St. Bonaventure, but Ratzinger focuses on two sub-topics: Bonaventure s embrace of the medieval belief that St. Francis ushered in the eschaton, and Bonaventure s so-called Augustinian tradition. Both are carefully discussed in light of Bonaventure s theology of history, which is centered primarily around Christ being the pivot of history rather than its end. Author: Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI) Format: 268 pages, paperback Publisher: Franciscan Press ISBN: 9780819904157

Theology of History In St. Bonaventure

Franciscan Pr

Explores the nature of the Trinity, discussing the different attributes of each member of it and how they form a whole.

God of Jesus Christ

Benedict XVI, Pope

Worship & Devotion

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Dogma and Preaching

Essays consider the liturgy of Lent, the story of Jesus, the Resurrection, Christ and the church, and the nature of the priesthood

Journey Towards Easter: Retreat Given in the Vatican in the Presence of Pope John Paul II

Crossroad Pub. Co

Essays discuss the structure of the Catholic Church, papal primacy, the role of bishops, ecumenism, and the relation between faith and politics

The Church, Ecumenism, and Politics: New Essays in Ecclesiology

To Look on Christ: Exercises in Faith, Hope, and Love

TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.) God the Creator. The Difference Between Form and Content in the Creation Narrative. The Unity of the Bible as a Criterion for Its Interpretation. Christology as a Criterion ---------- 2.) The Meaning of the Biblical Creation Accounts. The Reasonableness of Faith in Creation. The Enduring Significance of the Symbolic Elements in the Text ---------- 3.) The Creation of the Human Being. The Human Being ---------- 4.) Taken from the Earth. Image of God. Creation and Evolution ---------- 5.) Sin and Salvation. On the Subject of Sin. Limitations and Freedom of the Human Being. Original Sin. The Response of the New Testament ---------- APPENDIX: The Consequences of Faith in Creation. The Suppression of Faith in Creation in Modern Thought. The Consequences of Creation in Present-Day Thought: Three Forms of Concealment. Faith in Creation as a Basic. Decision about Human Beings.

In the Beginning. . .: A Catholic Understanding of the Story of Creation and the Fall

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