| book details |

Catholic Perspectives on Reform

By (author) Michael Seewald

| on special |

normal price: R 768.95

Price: R 729.95

| add to trolley |

| book description |

Catholic theologian Michael Seewald of the Cluster of Excellence â€œReligion and Politicsâ€ explores possibilities and limits of reform in the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church is under great pressure to change, and there is a long list of controversial issues: the rights of women, the evaluation of same-sex partnerships, the issue of abuse, and the participation of the laity. â€œThe church could be more flexible than it currently is because the discussion about reform is within a dogmatically narrow range that sets itself as Catholic without any alternative, but which in reality represents only one among many possibilities to push theology ahead.â€ In his book, Seewald explains the self-image of the magisterium and shows its peculiar modernity. From the latter, the tremendous amount of innovation can be understood with which it attempts to create the impression that it merely wants to preserve the traditional. On this basis, Seewald explains various modes of dogmatic development and outlines the concept of reform, especially by means of defining the relationship between the Gospel and dogma. All this takes place against the backdrop of the current pressing questions. However, this is neither a practical book, nor does it contain a wish list of things that should change. Rather, the book illustrates how the Catholic Church can reform itself fundamentally while at the same time remaining true to itself. â€œThe first step towards a theologically accounted for reform of the Church is to acknowledge the specific modernity of the Church,â€ writes Michael Seewald. â€œIt is inaccurate and even misleading to demand certain changes under the often-heard slogan that the church needs to â€˜modernize.â€™ Reforms do not need to modernize the Church because it is already modern. However, we must ask whether the already completed modernization of the Catholic Church has been successful or whether there are reasons for placing the Christian faith differently today than is being done at present.â€ Michael Seewald is professor of dogmatics and dogmatic history at WestfÃ¤lische Wilhelms-UniversitÃ¤t MÃ¼nster. â€

| product details |

| other options |

| back |

| your trolley |

To view the items in your trolley please sign in.

| sign in |

| specials |

The Coming Wave: AI, Power and Our Future

Mustafa Suleyman
Paperback / softback
352 pages
was: R 295.95
now: R 265.95
Stock is usually dispatched in 6-12 days from date of order

| more |

| add to trolley |

The Order of Time

Carlo Rovelli
Paperback / softback
224 pages
was: R 295.95
now: R 265.95
Available from overseas. Usually dispatched in 3 to 6 weeks

Originally published in Italian: L'ordine del tempo (Milan: Adelphi Edizioni, 2017).

| more |

| add to trolley |

Helgoland: The Strange and Beautiful Story of Quantum Physics

Carlo Rovelli
Paperback / softback
208 pages
was: R 295.95
now: R 265.95
Available from overseas. Usually dispatched in 3 to 6 weeks

| more |

| add to trolley |