Explorations in the Theology of Benedict XVI

<p>Benedict XVI's writing as priest-professor bishop head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and now pope has shaped Catholic theological thought in the twentieth century. In <i>Explorations in the Theology of Benedict XVI</i> a multidisciplinary group of scholars treat the full scope of Benedict's theological oeuvre including the Augustinian context of his thought; his ecclesiology; his theologically grounded approach to biblical exegesis and Christology; his unfolding of a theology of history and culture; his liturgical and sacramental theology; his theological analysis of political and economic developments; his use of the natural law in ethics and conscience; his commitment to a form of interreligious dialogue from a place of particularity; and his function as a public catechetical theologian.</p>