by Joseph Ratzinger · San Paolo Edizioni · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788821542299
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«La chiesa, Israele e le religioni del mondo» is the essay by Joseph Ratzinger published by San Paolo Edizioni in hardcover (88 pages, in Italian).
The book addresses the encounter and dialogue between the world's religions as an internal necessity of modern civil coexistence. Ratzinger examines the risks and hopes of that dialogue, the task of theology, and the relations between the Catholic Church, the people of Israel, and the various global cultures and beliefs.
The essay was originally published in 2000 and is part of the Saggi teologici series (number 23).
Aimed at readers interested in theology, interreligious dialogue, and contemporary Catholic thought.
During his papal tenure, Pope Benedict XVI focused on building on the outreach of his predecessors towards Islam. One of the important milestones in the Pope's efforts included a religious and peaceful initiative called A Common Word. This was provoked by a 2006 lecture he delivered at a university in Regensburg, Germany, which prompted Muslim leaders to gather and make overtures to their Christian and Jewish counterparts. Later on, Pope Benedict pursued key initiatives that helped foster Christian and Muslim dialogue. These were founded on the Pope's belief that Christians and Muslims have shared religious experience and that Christianity and Islam are both theologically founded in "God's irruptive call ... heard in the midst of man's ordinary daily existence."
