Ontological and Historical Dimensions of Salvation According to Joseph Ratzinger: To Identity through History (T&T Clark Studies in Ressourcement Catholic Theology and Culture)

For Joseph Ratzinger, the separation between ontology and history constitutes the crucial problem that underlies all the difficulties of contemporary dogmatic theology since it affected the original unity of two essential dimensions of Christian revelation. This study delves into Joseph Ratzinger's approach to the problem, his account of the path that led to this separation, and into some key insights, drawn from his understanding of human salvation that could contribute to overcoming this dichotomy that afflicts contemporary theology. Through the study of Joseph Ratzinger's writings, Troconis highlights the relational and existential character of the theology of one of the best-known and most influential Catholic thinkers of our time.

Isabel C. Troconis is an Adjunct Professor of Dogmatic Theology at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, Italy.

Matthew Levering is James N. and Mary D. Perry Jr. Chair of Theology at Mundelein Seminary, USA.

Tracey Rowland holds the St. John Paul II Chair of Theology at the University of Notre Dame (Australia) and is an Honorary Fellow of Campion College (Sydney). From 2014-2019 she was a member of the Ninth International Theological Commission. She holds a civil doctorate in Divinity from the University of Cambridge and the pontifical STL and STD degrees from the Lateran University. In 2020 she won the Ratzinger Prize for Theology. In 2023 she was appointed to the Pontifical Academy of the Social Sciences.