Faith and Politics in the Thinking of Joseph Ratzinger
Keywords:
Church andState, Christian Dualism, Ratzinger.Abstract
Several of Ratzinger’s contributions to an appropriate view of relations between the Church and politics are examined in this article. It begins by affirming that his vision of the relationship between faith and reason has a decisive influence on the approach to this subject. Then, it studies his response to antitheism and skeptical relativism, his vision of Christian dualism as something that denies the absolute power of the State; his criticism of the political theologies; and faith as a quarry of moral criteria for politics. The conclusion is that Ratzinger is an important reference for building a new theory on the relationship between Church and State.
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