The Word Made Love: The Dialogical Theology of Joseph by Christopher S. Collins
By Christopher S. Collins
From scholarly monographs to papal homilies, Joseph Ratzinger has insisted constantly over many years that Christianity isn't really a collection of principles to think or, even much less, ethical legislation to keep on with. relatively, Christianity is set somebody and our come across with that person.
In The note Made Love, Christopher Collins identifies within the constitution of Ratzinger's notion the presentation of God as one that speaks and who finally speaks Himself within the individual of Jesus Christ. Humanity's posture prior to God is certainly one of listening to and responding. For Ratzinger, then, discussion is the fundamental constitution of al truth, and the Christian imaginative and prescient articulates the unconventional transformation that occurs once we input into this divine discussion. Collins argues that this dialogical, communicative constitution is a particular element of Ratzinger's proposal and a distinct contribution to the renewal of theology in our day.
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