The Theology of Joseph Ratzinger WT-DTE-WJJR
1. Biographical issues
2. The bavarian background
3. Saint Augustine and the fathers of the church
4. Father Professor Joseph Ratzinger at the II Vatican Council
5. Introduction to Christianity
6. Revelation, Scripture and Tradition
7. The foundations of theological activity
8. Christian brotherhood
9. Ecclesiology
10. Eschatology in an individual dimension
11. Eschatology in the social dimension
12. Liturgy
13. Joseph Ratzinger as a preacher
14. The Church and political ethics
15. Europe and the Challenge of Islam in the Thought of J. Ratzinger /Benedict XVI
Subject level
Learning outcome code/codes
Learning outcomes
Participation in classes: 30 hours, preparation for classes: 15 hours, independent analysis of the contents of classes: 30 hours, preparation for the exam: 25 hours - totally 100 hours (4 points ECTS)
Assessment criteria
Grading Policy:
The grade depends on the following:
attendance, participation in discussions, and exam at the end of course.
Bibliography
Obligatory literature
Ratzinger J., Introduction to Christianity; translated by J. R. Foster and Michael J. Miller, San Francisco 2004.
Ratzinger J. , The nature and mission of theology : essays to Orient theology in today's debates; translated by Adrian Walker, San Francisco 2006.
Ratzinger J. , The Ratzinger report : an exclusive interview on the state of the Church / Joseph Ratzinger with Vittorio Messori ; transl. by Salvator Attanasio and Graham Harrison, San Francisco cop. 1985.
Supplementary literature
Ratzinger J. , Principles of Catholic theology: building stones for a fundamental theology, San Francisco: Ignatius Press,1987.
Principles of Christian morality/ H. Schürmann, J. Ratzinger, H.Urs von Balthasar ; transl. by Graham Harrison, San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1986.
Bachanek G., Europe and the Challenge of Islam in the Thought of J. Ratzinger /Benedict XVI; Studia Gdańskie XL/2017, s. 147-158.
Heim M. H., Joseph Ratzinger - life in the Church and living theology : fundamentals of ecclesiology with reference to Lumen Gentium with a foreword by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger; translated by Michael J. Miller, San Francisco 2007.
Walsh M. A., From pope John Paul II to Benedict XVI : an inside look at the end of an era, the beginning of a new one, and the future of the Church, with reporting by Catholic News Service, Lanham: 2005.
Anyama V., Primacy of Christ : the patristic patrimony in Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI's analogy in theology; Pontificia Università Gregoriana. Facoltà di Teologia, Roma 2018.
Enyinnia Romanus Maduforo, The growth of missionary consciousness in Africa : a study in the light of the teachings of pope John Paul II and pope Benedict XVI; Pontificia Universitas Urbaniana. Facultas Missiologiae, Roma 2014.
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