Maurice Ashley Agbaw-Ebai is a priest of the Diocese of Mamfe, Cameroon. He currently teaches courses in Systematic Theology and Philosophy of Religion at Boston College, Newton MA, and St John's Seminary, Brighton MA. He also serves at St Anne's Parish, Salem MA, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, and is also the Chaplain of the Cameroon Catholic Community of the Archdiocese of Boston. He had served the Diocese of Mamfe, Cameroon, as the Diocesan Chancellor, the Diocesan Finance Administrator and the Private Secretary to the Bishop.

No Pope has ever spoken so frequently or fulsomely of the legacy of the Enlightenment as has Pope Benedict XVI.  He repeatedly stressed the need for Christianity to welcome the real achievements of Enlightenment thought, while insisting with equal vigor on the role of faith as a purifying force for reason. With this exploration of the influence of the Aufklärung on the Emeritus Pope’s lifelong preoccupation with faith and reason, Father Maurice Agbaw-Ebai makes a welcome contribution to Ratzinger studies.  This work by a young Cameroonian scholar is a major contribution to the fulfillment of Benedict’s cherished hopes for Africa’s role in the New Evangelization.  Mary Ann Glendon, Professor of Law, Emeritus, Harvard University

Maurice Ashley Agbaw-Ebai is a priest of the Diocese of Mamfe, Cameroon. He currently teaches courses in Systematic Theology and Philosophy of Religion at Boston College, Newton MA, and St John's Seminary, Brighton MA. He also serves at St Anne's Parish, Salem MA, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, and is also the Chaplain of the Cameroon Catholic Community of the Archdiocese of Boston. He had served the Diocese of Mamfe, Cameroon, as the Diocesan Chancellor, the Diocesan Finance Administrator and the Private Secretary to the Bishop.

No Pope has ever spoken so frequently or fulsomely of the legacy of the Enlightenment as has Pope Benedict XVI.  He repeatedly stressed the need for Christianity to welcome the real achievements of Enlightenment thought, while insisting with equal vigor on the role of faith as a purifying force for reason. With this exploration of the influence of the Aufklärung on the Emeritus Pope’s lifelong preoccupation with faith and reason, Father Maurice Agbaw-Ebai makes a welcome contribution to Ratzinger studies.  This work by a young Cameroonian scholar is a major contribution to the fulfillment of Benedict’s cherished hopes for Africa’s role in the New Evangelization.  Mary Ann Glendon, Professor of Law, Emeritus, Harvard University

Maurice Ashley Agbaw-Ebai is a priest of the Diocese of Mamfe, Cameroon. He currently teaches courses in Systematic Theology and Philosophy of Religion at Boston College, Newton MA, and St John's Seminary, Brighton MA. He also serves at St Anne's Parish, Salem MA, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, and is also the Chaplain of the Cameroon Catholic Community of the Archdiocese of Boston. He had served the Diocese of Mamfe, Cameroon, as the Diocesan Chancellor, the Diocesan Finance Administrator and the Private Secretary to the Bishop.

No Pope has ever spoken so frequently or fulsomely of the legacy of the Enlightenment as has Pope Benedict XVI.  He repeatedly stressed the need for Christianity to welcome the real achievements of Enlightenment thought, while insisting with equal vigor on the role of faith as a purifying force for reason. With this exploration of the influence of the Aufklärung on the Emeritus Pope’s lifelong preoccupation with faith and reason, Father Maurice Agbaw-Ebai makes a welcome contribution to Ratzinger studies.  This work by a young Cameroonian scholar is a major contribution to the fulfillment of Benedict’s cherished hopes for Africa’s role in the New Evangelization.  Mary Ann Glendon, Professor of Law, Emeritus, Harvard University