Isabel C. Troconis is an Adjunct Professor of Dogmatic Theology at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, Italy.

In this superb volume, Troconis serves as a true guide to Ratzinger's highly nuanced, broadly sourced and intellectually complex writings. Her book is at once an accessible yet trenchant. It provides precise analyses of Ratzinger's works and spells out numerous implications of the themes of ontology, time, salvation and history with acumen. The book attends to key Christian doctrinal loci that have preoccupied Ratzinger, in dialogue with other modern theologians. An illuminating and persuasive study!

• Acronyms and AbbreviationsIntroductionCHAPTER 1The QuestionCHAPTER 2Man's Salvation as the "Return to Himself"CHAPTER 3Man as Imago DeiCHAPTER 4God, The World and TimeCHAPTER 5Jesus Christ as Imago Dei PerfectaCHAPTER 6The Fulfillment of the "Return to Self"ConclusionsBibliographyIndex

Isabel C. Troconis is an Adjunct Professor of Dogmatic Theology at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, Italy.

In this superb volume, Troconis serves as a true guide to Ratzinger's highly nuanced, broadly sourced and intellectually complex writings. Her book is at once an accessible yet trenchant. It provides precise analyses of Ratzinger's works and spells out numerous implications of the themes of ontology, time, salvation and history with acumen. The book attends to key Christian doctrinal loci that have preoccupied Ratzinger, in dialogue with other modern theologians. An illuminating and persuasive study!

• Acronyms and AbbreviationsIntroductionCHAPTER 1The QuestionCHAPTER 2Man's Salvation as the "Return to Himself"CHAPTER 3Man as Imago DeiCHAPTER 4God, The World and TimeCHAPTER 5Jesus Christ as Imago Dei PerfectaCHAPTER 6The Fulfillment of the "Return to Self"ConclusionsBibliographyIndex

Isabel C. Troconis is an Adjunct Professor of Dogmatic Theology at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, Italy.

In this superb volume, Troconis serves as a true guide to Ratzinger's highly nuanced, broadly sourced and intellectually complex writings. Her book is at once an accessible yet trenchant. It provides precise analyses of Ratzinger's works and spells out numerous implications of the themes of ontology, time, salvation and history with acumen. The book attends to key Christian doctrinal loci that have preoccupied Ratzinger, in dialogue with other modern theologians. An illuminating and persuasive study!

• Acronyms and AbbreviationsIntroductionCHAPTER 1The QuestionCHAPTER 2Man's Salvation as the "Return to Himself"CHAPTER 3Man as Imago DeiCHAPTER 4God, The World and TimeCHAPTER 5Jesus Christ as Imago Dei PerfectaCHAPTER 6The Fulfillment of the "Return to Self"ConclusionsBibliographyIndex