The Thought of Pope Benedict XVI new edition: An Introduction to the Theology of Joseph Ratzinger

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Aidan Nichols timely book is the first full-scale investigation of Joseph Ratzingers theology from the 1950s to the present day. It presents a chronological account of the development of Ratzingers writing that reflects a wide range of historical and theoretical interests. A comprehensive introduction to a figure who is in his own right quite apart from his significance in the politics of the Church a major German Catholic theologian of the twentieth century. This new edition amplifies existing chapters by reference to books by Ratzinger between 1986/1987 and his election as Pope in 2005 and includes two new chapters - Judaism Islam and other religions and the secularization and future of Europe.