Europe in Crisis
A Question of Belief or Unbelief? Perspectives From the Vatican 1
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20458759 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lieven Boeve (0000-0002-0099-0599, KU Leuven, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 205-227 |
| Publication date | 2007-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern Theology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0266-7177 • E-ISSN: 1468-0025 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-0025.2007.00370.x |
| OpenAlex | W2022684089 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
For Joseph Ratzinger, elected Pope Benedict XVI in 2005, modernity has transformed Europe into a continent without God. As a result, Europe's self‐understanding is flawed. This outcome puts serious doubts on the Church's resolution, expressed in Gaudium et spes , to dialogue with the modern world. Moreover, the present pope was among the first to warn both church and society against the erosion of modernity. Also more recently, e.g. in his Values in a Time of Upheaval , he argued that only a Europe firmly rooted in Christian faith can survive the nihilism and moral crisis with which it is confronted. As a creative minority Christians should help Europe win back the best of its heritage and use it to the service of all humanity. In this contribution Boeve presents the evolution and primary features of Joseph Ratzinger's thought in this regard and concludes with a number of critical observations
Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Faith · Humanity · Modernity · Nihilism · Political science · Theology · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious studies · Theology and Canon Law Studies
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2010 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |