Ratzinger's Faith: The Theology of Pope Benedict XVI

by Tracey Rowland

Book Overview

A popular reading of Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI) is that he started out as a progressive but had second thoughts after the cultural revolution of the late 1960s. A more negative portrait is that of an ambitious and intellectually precocious young man who changed theological allegiances for the sake of promotion within the Catholic hierarchy.
Now, in this probing book, Tracey Rowland offers a third reading, one that situates the thought of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199207402
• ISBN13: 9780199207404
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.8"