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Book SynopsisThis 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.
Trade Review«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)
Table of ContentsContents: 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.
