Disputed Truth

Memoirs Volume 2
Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-8264-9910-3
Verlag: Continuum International Publishing Group

Buch, Englisch, 576 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

The second volume of riveting memoirs from Hans Kung, the leading - and controversial - theologian.

Hans Kung has been a major influence on post-war Christianity by any reckoning. A peritus for the Second Vatican Council, he then went on to publish a number of controversial books including Infallible?, which enraged the Vatican and caused him to be unceremoniously dumped from his official teaching position at the University of Tubingen. However, he remains a respected priest in good standing with his bishop.

During all the upheavals that the Catholic Church has gone through in recent decades, Kung was always there with a public comment. He turned from enfant terrible to bete noire. However his world influence has been great. Whether speaking at The United Nations or consorting with politicians and religious leaders, he is always listened to with respect and enthusiasm. A string of recent books has added to the reputation - notably On Being a Christian and Does God Exist?

It is not so well known that as a young man Kung was a close friend and confidant of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI). Increasingly, however, they came to represent exactly what the other most despised. But on being appointed to the Holy See, Ratzinger had a long private meeting with Kung, the consequences of which may still last.

In these thrilling memoirs Kung gives his personal account of all these struggles and ambitions. The result is a book of major importance for any student of the Church in the 20th Century.

This second volume covers the period following the close of the Second Vatican Council right up to the present day.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Küng, Hans

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Sonstige Theologien
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte Theologenbiographien, Religiöse Führer
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

How I Tell My Life Story
1. Two Careers - the Same Wavelength
2. Roman Provocations
3. 1968 Year of Decisions
4. Tubingen in Tumultuous Times
5. Infallible?
6. Global Trip and Global Theology
7. Battle for Truth or Power
8. The Adventure of a Book
9. Problems of Heirarchy and Problems of the World
10. 1978 The Year of Three Popes
11. The Great Confrontation
12. Roma locuta - causa finita est
13. Prospect

Über Autor(innen)

Hans Kung is Emeritus Professor of Ecumenical Theology at the University of Tubingen and President of the Global Ethic Foundation. He is the author of numerous best selling books including On Being a Christian (Harper Collins)