Joseph Ratzinger in Dialogue with Philosophical Traditions

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.

• IntroductionIntroductory Study; Gottlieb Söhngen’s understanding of theology and philosophy - Christian Poncelet, translated from German by Tracey Rowland1. Plato: God, Conscience, and Truth - Manuel Schlögl2. 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 Ginocchio4. Thomas Aquinas: How We Know God - Pablo Blanco-Sarto5. Immanuel Kant: Distinguishing Verum and Ens - Jacob Phillips (St. Mary’s University, UK)6. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: Reason, Historicity, and Community - Eduardo Charpenel7. Auguste Comte: Science, Reason, and Religion - Euclides Eslava (Universidad de La Sabana, Colombia)Translated from Spanish by Christa Byker8. 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 McKenna16. 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 Byker19. Albert Camus: The Meaning of Life - Alejandro Sada (Universidad Panamericana, Mexico)Translated from Spanish by Christa Byker20. 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)BibliographyIndex

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.