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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Main Author: Rowland, Tracey 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis [2020]
In: Church, Communication and Culture
Year: 2020, Volume: 5, Issue: 2, Pages: 235-247
IxTheo Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KCB Papacy
NBA Dogmatics
Further subjects:B Ratzinger
B Beauty
B church doctor
B Correlationism
B Culture
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Summary: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.
ISSN:2375-3242
Contains:Enthalten in: Church, Communication and Culture
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/23753234.2020.1768130