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Joseph Ratzinger in Dialogue with Philosophical Traditions

Volume II: From Aristotle to Žižek

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Joseph Ratzinger in Dialogue with Philosophical Traditions

Volume II: From Aristotle to Žižek

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This is a collection of chapters from Ratzinger specialists across the world explaining how Ratzinger engaged with a particular philosopher or philosophical tradition. This book is a sequel to the hugely successful 1st volume published in 2024.
The rationale of this book is that Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI remains a huge name in the world of Catholic theology and this work brings together a team of leading Ratzinger scholars from across the world to examine his engagements with the ideas of different philosophers. Its objective is to be a seminal work for graduate students in theology, especially those interested in the relationship between faith and reason.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations (J. Ratzinger Collected Works)

Introduction Study: Philosophy and Theology According to Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI (Pablo Blanco-Sarto, Pontifical University of Holy Cross, Italy)

1. Aristotle: Some Theological Inklings (María-Elena García-Peláez, Panamericana University, Mexico)
2. Stoicism and Epicureanism: Nature and Logos (Claudia Carbonell, University of Piura, Peru)
3. Francis Bacon: Science, Democracy, Freedom (Euclides Eslava, University of La Sabana, Colombia)
4. Descartes: Healing the Ruptures of Modernity (Michael Dominic Taylor, The Thomas More College of Liberal Arts, USA)
5. Blaise Pascal: A Theology of Experience (Alejandro Sada, Panamericana University, Mexico)
6. Baruch Spinoza: “The War Between the Gods” – Deus sive natura or Deus caritas est (Michael Hanby, John Paul II Institute, Catholic University of America, USA)
7. Giambattista Vico: Verum quia factum (Thomas V. Gourlay, Catholic Institute of Western Australia, Australia)
8. Rousseau: The Comprehension of Nature and Freedom (María Esther Gómez de Pedro, University of Santo Tomás, Chile)
9. Søren Kierkegaard: Cinnamon for a Bland Christianity and the Entweltlichung Project (Emery de Gaál, University of St. Mary of the Lake / Mundelein Seminary, USA)
10. Wilhelm Dilthey: Hermeneutic Theory and Divine Pedagogy (Jacob Phillips, St. Mary's University, UK)
11. Karl Jaspers: Philosophical Faith and Christian Revelation (Josef Zöhrer, Higher School of Pedagogy in Freiburg, Germany)
12. Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno: Justice and Resurrection – Faith, Reason and Dialectic of Enlightenment (Rudy Albino de Assunção, Italian-Brazilian Catholic University Center, Brazil)
13. Clive Staples Lewis: The Tao, Relativism and the Abolition of Man (Julio Borges Junyent, Cardenal Herrera University CEU, Spain)
14. Leo Strauss: A Theologian Open to the Challenge of Philosophy (Davide De Caprio, University of Strasbourg, France)
15. Emmanuel Levinas: Ostende faciem tuam – On the Concept of the Face (Donald Wallenfang, Sacred Heart Major Seminary, USA)
16. Hannah Arendt: Freedom and Politics (Stephan Kampowski, Pontifical John Paul II Theological Institute, Italy)
17. Karol Wojtyla: Gratia supponit naturam (Jaroslaw Kupczak, Pontifical University of John Paul II, Poland)
18. Leszek Kolakowski: The Priest and the Jester (Tracey Rowland, University of Notre Dame, Australia)
19. Slavoj Žižek: Anthropos, Eros, Christos, Logos (Matthew Tan, University of Notre Dame Australia, Australia)

Thematic Dialogues

20. Sacred Scripture and Philosophy (Julián Arturo López Amozurrutia, Pontifical University of Mexico / Catholic University Lumen Gentium, Mexico)
21. Liturgy and Philosophy (Matthew Levering, University of St. Mary of the Lake / Mundelein Seminary, USA)
22. The Enlightenment Movement (Maurice Ashley Agbaw-Ebai, Catholic Institute of Technology, Italy)
23. The “Fruitful Reciprocity” of Science and Faith (Michael Dominic Taylor, The Thomas More College of Liberal Arts, USA)
24. Faith and Experience (Mariano Crespo, University of Navarra, Spain)
25. The Paradox with Paradox (Michaela Christine Hastetter, Catholic University ITI, Austria)

Bibliography
Contributors

Product details

Published Oct 15 2026
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Pages 368
ISBN 9780567724663
Imprint T&T Clark
Dimensions 234 x 156 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Tracey Rowland

Tracey Rowland holds the St. John Paul II Chair of…

Anthology Editor

Alejandro Sada

Alejandro Sada is Professor of Theology at the Uni…

Anthology Editor

Rudy Albino de Assunção

Rudy Albino de Assunção is Professor of Philosophy…

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