Ratzinger on religious pluralism / Sameer Advani, LC ; foreword by Gavin D'Costa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Advani, Sameer, author.

Contributor:

D'Costa, Gavin, 1958- writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religious pluralism--Christianity.

Religious pluralism.

Christianity and other religions.

Catholic Church--Doctrines.

Catholic Church.

Benedict XVI, Pope, 1927-2022.

Benedict.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Steubenville, Ohio : Emmaus Academic, [2024]

Summary:

"What can Christian theology claim about the place of other religions in God's providential plan for humanity? How can it reconcile the universality of God's saving plan and the particularity of Christ and the Church? What meaning is left to Christian existence and mission in a religiously pluralist world? As priest-theologian, cardinal archbishop, and pope, Joseph Ratzinger reflected on these difficult questions for more than half a century and in a variety of contexts, proffering an array of profound answers that are dispersed across his substantial literary corpus. In 'Ratzinger on religious pluralism,' Sameer Advani assembles and synthesizes these reflections and answers of the late pontiff, providing a systematic study of Ratzinger's theology of religions that attends to the scope of his larger historical, philosophical, and theological concerns. The first part analyzes Ratzinger's critical engagement with various paradigms of religious pluralism, whose accounts of religion, Christianity, and non-Christian religions he found both phenomenologically and theologically wanting. The second part, in turn, explores Ratzinger's positive proposal for a theology of religions, which locates both Christianity and non-Christian religions against the larger backgrounds of anthropological unity, the human search for truth, and divine providence. Advani argues that while Ratzinger rejected the idea that other religions are salvific or on par with Christianity, he recognized both their important role in God's providential plan and their suitedness to an 'assumption' into the Church through mutual, albeit asymmetric, purification and enrichment."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Part I, The de facto religious pluralism of the "Christian of today": The modern redefinition of religion ; The postmodern redefinition of religion ; Conclusions and critical reflections ; The lead-up to Vatican II and the novelty of Lumen gentium ; The difficulties of Vatican II ; Postconciliar developments ; Conclusions and critical reflections ; Exclusivism and inclusivism ; Vatican II on the other religions ; Theologies of religious pluralism ; Conclusions and critical reflections

Part II, The value of non-Christian religions, and the meaning of Christian identity and mission in the religiously plural world: Discovering a taxonomy of religion ; Delving deeper into the phenomenological evidence ; Conclusions and critical reflections ; The anthropological-epistemological-linguistic basis for the unity and plurality of religions ; Interreligious dialogue ; Conclusions and critical reflections ; Mission and double fulfillment ; Conclusions and critical reflections ; Vicarious representation ; Christian identity and mission : a Eucharistic existence ; Collaborating with grace ; Conclusions and critical reflections.

Notes:

Date of publication from publisher's website.

Includes selected bibliography of the works of Joseph Ratzinger and Pope Benedict XVI.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCOhost, viewed February 28, 2025).

Other Format:

Print version: Advani, Sameer. Ratzinger on religious pluralism

ISBN:

9781645854258

1645854256