Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI Collection In Pre-pub!
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He is recognized as one of the top 20th century theologians by many, of all Christian denominations. I have read several of his books, he respects and discusses commonality and differences with many different theologians . Quite an interesting read, I am very excited about this PrePub!
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I will add, since the summary page discusses books written before and after his papacy, that even in books written while he has been Pope, he is clear in the introduction that he writes this not under any special Church teaching, but as "another theologian" looking for comment and critique. A very unqiue individual truly oriented toward finding truth and working within the academic community to discuss what we believe.
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I put in an order too, even though I'm not familiar with him as a writer/theologian at all. I'm more familiar with John Paul II in that respect, namely his Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body which I have in print. It would be great to have a John Paul II collection too. Also how about a collection of encyclicals?
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Dominick Sela said:
I am very excited about this PrePub!
I wouldn't describe myself as "very excited", but I am incredibly glad that this is on offer.
There are some top books in this collection and it's good to see a wide array on offer.
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Dominick Sela said:
He is recognized as one of the top 20th century theologians by many, of all Christian denominations. I have read several of his books, he respects and discusses commonality and differences with many different theologians . Quite an interesting read, I am very excited about this PrePub!
+1 on all counts, I'm in!
Have joy in the Lord!
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I have read both pretty extensively, I would categorize JP II as a philosopher and Ratzinger/Benedict as a more academic theologian. JP II had Ratzinger do much of his scholarly research during his (JP II's) papacy. I really like reading JP II because of the philosophical perspective, which Theology of the Body strongly represents.
There are at least two books I am aware of, on JP II's encyclicals, which might make the conversion to Logos easier (I have the second one) -
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I'm glad this is in Pre-Pub now, since I suggested this a while ago. Just not absolutely sure that I will place an order. Ratzinger writes his books in German, of course, and though I have no problems at all reading English, reading German just feels more natural and fruitful for me. Difficult decision ...
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Dominick Sela said:
There are at least two books I am aware of, on JP II's encyclicals, which might make the conversion to Logos easier (I have the second one) -
I meant a collection of all the papal encyclicals throughout history. They are available online here: http://www.papalencyclicals.net/
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[edit: Replying to Theolobias:]
Well, for me it comes down again to the question to buy a resource in Logos that I already own - partly - in paper. Which I decide along the lines of
- is it a worthwile resource per se
- is it's content easy accessible in my paper version
- do I want this resource to come up in a Logos search on certain topics or bible passages
Ratzinger scores Yes No Yes, this leads me to jump in on these, regardless of German or English.
Actually, since nearly all of my Logos resources are in English language, I'd rather have a bilingual resource come up in English too, instead of requiring me to switch brains into German, so my Luther etc bibles are prioritized low against the NIV, ESV, NET and other English ones. But this may show only my inflexibility to think cross-language.
Mick
Have joy in the Lord!
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I would really like to have his Jesus of Nazareth series. But whole collection is too much for me. I hope the collection will be broken to the individual titles sometimes in the future.
Bohuslav
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NewbieMick said:
[edit: Replying to Theolobias:]
Well, for me it comes down again to the question to buy a resource in Logos that I already own - partly - in paper. Which I decide along the lines of
- is it a worthwile resource per se
- is it's content easy accessible in my paper version
- do I want this resource to come up in a Logos search on certain topics or bible passages
Ratzinger scores Yes No Yes, this leads me to jump in on these, regardless of German or English.
Actually, since nearly all of my Logos resources are in English language, I'd rather have a bilingual resource come up in English too, instead of requiring me to switch brains into German, so my Luther etc bibles are prioritized low against the NIV, ESV, NET and other English ones. But this may show only my inflexibility to think cross-language.
Mick
The problem is, of course, that I already have some of the titles included in the collection in (German) paper. So it comes down to the question whether I'm willing to pay double for at least some of the titles and whether this would be justified when thinking about search capabilities of Logos etc. I have no problem with switching languages in my research, it's just that books like those of Ratzinger seem so much more nuanced in the original (same thing with Jüngel and others) to me that I'd have to buy all the titles I'm really interested in in German as well.
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Bohuslav Wojnar said:
I hope the collection will be broken to the individual titles sometimes in the future.
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Let's see now:
- Joseph Ratzinger: 15 vols, 3,706p, $134.95 = $9.00/vol, $0.0364/p.
- Hans Urs von Balthasar: 16 vols, 7,511p, $389.95 = $24.37/vol, $0.0519/p.
Is that supposed to reflect the value of their respective scholarships, and in that case according to who? [:P]
On another note, whoever put together that package must have the same taste as me: I own 6 Ratzingers and 5 of them are included. [:)]
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Rosie Perera said:
I meant a collection of all the papal encyclicals throughout history. They are available online here: http://www.papalencyclicals.net/
But that site only goes back to the 1200's. Seriously, I agree that the papal encyclicals and other church documents should be available in Logos. But I also think that the official church documents of other churches ought to be available as well. At the moment I have to satisfy my desires through readings lists ... but when the bugs are out of the PBB's perhaps someone would like to start fulfilling this need.
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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May the Peace and Joy of Jesus settle in the souls of all on Logos Forums!
It is too bad the collection does not include one of Ratzinger's older excellent books, The Meaning of Christian Brotherhood. His Eschatology is excellent as well. But, as Called to Communion and The Nature and Mission of Theology are the only titles I own in print, this collection is a good deal for me.
When I did my Master's degree at the Roman Catholic Franciscan University of Steubenville, I was embarassed to say "you know, I like Cardinal Ratzinger's books better than the Pope's," but it's OK now that Ratzinger is pope too. I do not mind at all my favourite living dogmatic theologian being the pope. Go Benny!
Now that Logos has offered Ignatius collections from Von Balthasar (http://community.logos.com/forums/t/33614.aspx) and Ratzinger, perhaps it will not be long before they offer a collection from my favourite living Biblical theologian, my old professor Dr. Scott Hahn...
May the LORD bless and keep you all.
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Hi There Brother Peter!
I second your Dr Hahn proposal!
"Viva Cristo Rey!!"
Deacon Harbey Santiago
Archdiocese of Baltimore
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There is one Hahn book available in the soon-to-be released AYBRL: http://www.logos.com/product/5734/anchor-yale-bible-reference-library
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Harbey Santiago said:
Hi There Brother Peter!
I second your Dr Hahn proposal!
So do I, but here's a better thread to do it on.
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I have really enjoyed Pope Benedict's first volume on Jesus ever since I borrowed it from my neighbor, who graciously bought me my own copy, and then volume 2 when it came out. Here is a link to a very interesting Catholic blog entry, quoting "non-Catholic" scholar Craig Evans, who praises the book. There is a link at the bottom of the post linking to the original article. Short read, and helpful for us "non-Catholics" to see the value of Ratzinger/Benedict's books. I ordered the series straightway. (PS. I mean the whole blog itself is almost always "very interesting." [8-|]
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With all these new people around -- including some Catholics -- I figured it was a good time to push this Ratzinger collection a bit. It seems to have lost speed.
And there's a von Balthasar collection in prepub as well.
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Here are the links to make it easy for others to find them:
Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI Collection
Hans Urs von Balthasar Collection
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fgh said:
With all these new people around -- including some Catholics -- I figured it was a good time to push this Ratzinger collection a bit. It seems to have lost speed.
And there's a von Balthasar collection in prepub as well.
Agreed. Good time to push. Don't want to see the stalling. And i will repost my own, non-catholic applause for this collection:
Dan DeVilder said:I have really enjoyed Pope
Benedict's first volume on Jesus ever since I borrowed it from my
neighbor, who graciously bought me my own copy, and then volume 2 when
it came out. Here is a link to a very interesting Catholic blog entry,
quoting "non-Catholic" scholar Craig Evans, who praises the book.
There is a link at the bottom of the post linking to the original
article. Short read, and helpful for us "non-Catholics" to see the
value of Ratzinger/Benedict's books. I ordered the series straightway.
(PS. I mean the whole blog itself is almost always "very interesting."
I like Apples. Especially Honeycrisp.
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Just to let you all know, Encyclicals of Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI (34 vols) is now available on pre-pub. Enjoy!
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Jonathan Watson said:
Just to let you all know, Encyclicals of Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI (34 vols) is now available on pre-pub. Enjoy!
Of course half of them are in Latin. Can we have the Oxford Latin Dictionary back in Pre-Pub? I would hate to have to read only the English volumes of this new collection.[8-|] So much gets lost in translation.
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