In the Beginning…': A Catholic Understanding of the Story of Creation and the Fall (Ressourcement: Retreival and Renewal in Catholic Thought)
By Unknown Author.
Description
In four superb homilies and a concluding essay, Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, provides a clear and inspiring exploration of the Genesis creation narratives.While the stories of the world’s creation and the fall of humankind have often been subjected to reductionism of one sort or another — literalists treat the Bible as a science textbook whereas rationalists divorce God from creation — Ratzinger presents a rich, balanced Catholic understanding of these early biblical writings and attests to their enduring vitality.Beginning each homily with a text selected from...
ISBN(s)
0802841063, 0802841066, 9780802841063
