The Thought of Pope Benedict XVI: An Introducti. Nichols Hardcover**

Name: The Thought of Pope Benedict XVI: An Introducti. Nichols Hardcover**
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

The Thought of Pope Benedict XVIAn Introduction to the Theology of Joseph Ratzinger\nAuthor(s): Aidan Nichols\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781350431133, 978-1350431133\nSynopsis\nThis important and illuminating book focuses on Ratzinger's status as one of the preeminent Catholic theologians of the 20th century. Aidan Nichols provides a full-scale investigation of his theology as it develops from the 1950s onward. The book presents a chronological account of the development of Ratzinger's writing which reflects a wide range of historical and theoretical interests such as: Augustine's ecclesiology, early Franciscanism and the idea of salvation history, Christian brotherhood, the unfolding of the Second Vatican Council, the Apostles Creed, explorations of the concept of the Church, preaching, liturgy and Church music, eschatology, the foundations of dogmatic and moral theology, and the problem of plurali?