TY - BOOK AU - Benedict TI - Church, ecumenism, and politics: new endeavors in ecclesiology SN - 9781586172176 (alk. paper) AV - BX 1746 .R3513 2008 PY - 2008/// CY - San Francisco PB - Ignatius Press KW - Catholic Church KW - Government KW - fast KW - Church KW - Christian union KW - Christianity and politics KW - Political science N1 - Includes bibliographical references: p. 257-258; The ecclesiology of the Second Vatican Council -- The primacy of the Pope and the unity of the people of God -- Questions about the structure and duties of the synod of bishops -- Problems and prospects of the Anglican-Catholic dialogue -- Luther and the unity of the churches--an interview with Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger -- On the progress of ecumenism--a letter to Theologische quartalschrift, a periodical published in T�ubingen -- Biblical aspects of the theme of faith and politics--a homily -- Conscience in its time--a lecture given to the Bishop Schneider Society -- Freedom and constraint in the church -- A Christian orientation in a pluralistic democracy--on the indispensability of Christianity in the modern world -- Europe : a heritage with obligations for Christians -- Eschatology and utopia -- Freedom and liberation--the anthropological vision of the instruction Liberatatis conscientia ER -