Crisis of Faith: Joseph Ratzinger’s Perspective

Editor’s note: The presence of a “crisis of faith” in the Western culture (particularly in Europe) was more than once denounced by Joseph Ratzinger, then pope Benedict XVI, in several of his writings and public interventions. Even if Christianity did not start in Europe, and cannot be considered a “...

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Main Author: Min, Xingye (Author)
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Language:Chinese
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Published: Ed. Studio Domenicano [2017]
In: Sacra doctrina
Year: 2017, Volume: 62, Issue: 1, Pages: 74-95
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Benedikt, XVI., Pope 1927-2022 / Europe / China / Crisis of faith
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