Martin Onuoha

Mary, Daughter Zion

An Introduction to the Mariology of Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI)

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is an original study of the Marian discourses of Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI) who is recognised as a major modern theologian within and without the Catholic Church. It evinces Ratzinger's ability to open new horizons in inherited teaching and new ways of understanding it within the parameters of orthodox theology. This is especially true of his theological understanding of Mary and the relationship of her being to that of the Church. The author gives a succinct introduction to this Mariology, navigating through biblical theology, Patristics, history of dogma, Christian anthropology, and some contemporary developments in Marian studies. By highlighting the devotional and pastoral implications of Marian spirituality in the Church, Ratzinger is further portrayed as a faithful theologian and conserver of the truth of Christian worship (lex credendi, lex orandi). Undoubtedly, Ratzinger is a renowned theologian, but the scholarly nature of this text convincingly presents him as a sound and outstanding Mariologist. This book is the fi rst to offer a fascinatingly comprehensive and intelligible account of this subject by drawing together, for the fi rst time, passages from a very wide range of Ratzinger's writings.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Peter Lang
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 79385
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 395g
• ISBN-13: 9781800793859
• ISBN-10: 1800793855
• Artikelnr.: 63179069

Autorenporträt

Fr Martin Ifeanyi Onuoha, also the author of Actio Divina: The Marian Mystery of the Church in the Theology of Joseph Ratzinger, is a theology lecturer and examiner to the B. Div. and Postgraduate students at Maryvale Institute, Birmingham, UK. Faculté Nôtre-Dame, Paris, who oversees Maryvale¿s Pontifi cal status, appointed him permanent faculty and a member of the HIRS Council in 2014. He holds a doctorate and a Licence in Sacred Theology from the Pontifi cal University of the Holy Cross, Rome, with dissertations on the Writings of Joseph Ratzinger, both of which were awarded summa cum laude. He is a member of the Theological Commission of the International Marian Association, of the Catholic Theological Society of America, and of the Catholic Theological Association of Nigeria. He is a priest of the Catholic Diocese of Ahiara, Mbaise, in Imo State, Nigeria, ordained in 2001, after receiving degrees in Philosophy and Theology from the Pontifi cal Urban University, Rome (through Bigard Memorial Seminary, Enugu), and a HND in Mass Communication from Enugu State University of Science and Technology. In addition to his lecturing duties, he is currently the parish priest of the parishes of Our Lady and the Apostles, St Ambrose, and St Vincent, Stockport, while providing priest-chaplaincy support for Aquinas College, St James¿ Catholic High School, and the Nigeria-African chaplaincy, Liverpool.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Ratzinger the Theologian and His Theological Method - Mary in the Old Testament -Mary in the Infancy Narratives of the New Testament - Mary in the New Testament as a Whole -The Marian Dogmas - Pedagogue of Continuity (The Centrality of Mary's 'Yes') - The Placing and Contexts of Mariology.

Rezensionen

«This book is thorough, thoughtful, well researched and speaks to both heart and mind, for Mary is held in love by every disciple. Its refl ection on the 'yes' of Mary is a key to understanding how she leads us, constantly, in our life of faith. Congratulations to Fr Martin Onuoha!»

(Cardinal Vincent Nichols)

«Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI usually does not come to mind as a Marian pope or a signifi cant Marian theologian. This understanding, though, needs to be challenged. In Mary, Daughter Zion Rev. Martin Ifeanyi Onuoha shows that Ratzinger is a signifi cant Marian theologian.»

(Robert Fastiggi, Ph.D., Bishop Kevin M. Britt Chair of Dogmatic Theology and Christology, Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, Michigan USA)