Review article
BENEDICT XVI ON FAITH, REASON AND SENSE OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
Martin Kajtazi
; Theology of Rijeka, Dislocated Studies of Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Zagreb, Rijeka, Croatia
Veronika s. Nela Gašpar
; Theology of Rijeka, Dislocated Studies of Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Zagreb, Rijeka, Croatia
Abstract
The article ponders the contribution of the theologian and pope Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI) in the field of theology, philosophy and the Christian life. The situation of the faithful is considered in respect to the challenges of plural and secular society, that often avoids deeper questions regarding the meaning of life, because faith can “say something” while man often avoids the truth of life. The aim of the author is to show how Ratzinger enters into discussion with the scientists of different worldviews, with intention to argue “the reasons for faith in us” (1 Pt 3,15). He notes that in the science a “new anthropology” is being profiled, depriving the man of every dignity, creating it according to human measures and desires. Therefore, the annunciation of God today is a test for theology, and the theologian is invited to be a man of prayer, of God’s experience, in order to render fruitful and appealing the mission of the theologian, and as such - leading to God. Deeds are the best “proof” of an authentic testimony of God, therefore, the discourse of Christian experience is important, so the article ponders the experience of the saints, persons of a tested and soundly lived faith. For Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI), faith is the mover offering sense and wholeness of the human life, because man without God does not know where he is going to, and even less understands who it is.
Keywords
God, truth, agnosticism, philosophy, theology; reason, faith, experience, communion, sense
Hrčak ID:
133765
URI
Publication date:
29.1.2015.
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