Hans Küng

Cristianesimo

Islam. Passato, presente e futuro

Ebraismo

This work introduces the English-speaking reader to the theoretical foundations of Kng's popular works; an indispensable prolegomena for every future Christology.

The Incarnation of God

Now, forty years since its original publication, Hans Kung's groundbreaking study--acclaimed as a model for ecumenical discussion--has become a classic work. Looking at the doctrine of justification as understood by the Protestant theologian Karl Barth in comparison to classic Roman Catholic theology, Kung found that the two had similar ideas about the main elements of justification. He argued there is fundamental agreement between Catholicism and Barth's doctrine and that the somewhat divergent viewpoints "would not warrant a division in the Church." This anniversary edition now features a new essay assessing Kung's work in light of contemporary ecumenical dialogues between Roman Catholics and Protestants.

The Doctrine of Karl Barth and a Catholic Reflection

Justification

A distinguished and sometimes controversial Catholic theologian describes all aspects of Christian living in the last half of the twentieth century

On Being a Christian

Küng, Professor at the University of Tübingen and director of the Institute for Global Ethics, sketches out a new theology of women in the Church.

Women in Christianity

Hans Kung describes the history of the Roman Catholic Church from its origins in St Paul's Rome, through the disputes of the medieval era to the modern world. He examines the historic tension in the Church between pluralism and exclusivity; how the role of the Pope has changed; the motivations of the great reforming pontiffs; the evolving functions of the bishops and cardinals; the story of church's enthusiasm for missionary activity; the origins of the Marian cult; and how the shock waves of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation can still be felt today. The book concludes with a searching assessment of how the Catholic faith confronts the immense challenges - from science, from the empowerment of women, from those seeking reform of the Church's strictures against abortion and contraception - in the new millennium. Though short, this is a major book by a controversial and profoundly influential thinker.

A Short History

The Catholic Church

Keeping Hope Alive

Reforming the Church Today

Mohammad Kamal Hassan

Public Lectures

Towards a Common Civilization

Karl Barth

David GRANDSKOU

Edmund E. TOLK

Rechtfertigung: Die Lehre Karl Barths und Eine Katholische Besinnung. Justification. The Doctrine of Karl Barth and a Catholic Reflection ... With a Letter from Karl Barth. (Translation by Thomas Collins, Edmund E. Tolk and David Grandskou.).

Offers a brief history of the Catholic Church from its roots in the teachings of Jesus Christ to the present day.

For two years Küng guided a research project on Women and Christianity, funded by the Volkswagen Foundation. For most of the religions of the world, women are a problem. From time immemorial they have been subordinate to men, second class in the family, politics and business with limited rights and even limited participation in worship. It is not only in Christianity that equal rights for women has been a scandalously neglected issue. By an examination of the history of women in Christianity, Kung points to the scandals of the past. The prohibition of women servers at Mass and of the ordination of women to the diaconate and the priesthood are symptomatic of a male dominated Church, which takes a consistently 'negative' attitude towards contraception, abortion and divorce. Roman Catholic Canon Law is androcentric and male dominated. From his position of intellectual freedom, as an independent Professor at the University of Tubingen, Küng is free to analyse the mistakes of the past and to sketch out a new theology of Women in the Church. This is not stridently feminist but sees the role of women as being vital for the development of the Church as an institution and for preaching the Christian Gospel.

Swiss-German theologian Kung planned this massive synthesis of Christian history and systematic theology as a sequel to his On Being Christian (1976) and as a companion to Judaism (Crossroad, 1992). Ever the Catholic Church's "faithful critic," Kung displays a dazzling breadth of scholarship. Professor of ecumenical theology at the University of Tubingen, he bases his approach on five historical paradigm shifts: Jewish apocalyptic Christianity, early church ecumenism, the Roman system in the medieval papal church, the Reformation, and modern democracy. He notes dominant influences in each, presenting his convictions on the essence of Christianity and moving toward a polycentrism where Orthodox, Catholic, and evangelical traditions are not mutually exclusive. Over 30 diagrams and many stimulating "questions for the future" sidebars are included. Not all readers will accept the views of this Vatican II peritus (nor did the Vatican in 1973). But the work is a remarkable achievement for a church always in need of reform and reformers. Recommended for all theology collections

Between Yesterday and Tomorrow

Judaism

En este extraordinario libro el polémico teólogo Hans Küng narra la historia de la Iglesia católica desde sus orígenes en Palestina y Roma a partir de la figura de Jesucristo. Küng pasa revista al origen de las instituciones de la Iglesia, a los grandes cismas -entre Oriente y Occidente, entre catolicismo y protestantismo-, a la evolución y del papel del Papa, a los grandes papas reformadores y a la expansión de una iglesia global. El prestigioso teólogo explora la evolución histórica de concilios, obispos y cardenales, el entusiasmo misionero de la Iglesia, los orígenes del culto mariano y cómo las convulsiones de la Reforma y la Contrarreforma se pueden aún apreciar en la Iglesia católica de hoy día. El libro concluye con una valoración profunda de cómo la Iglesia puede afrontar los inmensos retos que le esperan en el nuevo milenio y que provienen de la ciencia, de las reivindicaciones y conquistas de los movimientos feministas, de quienes buscan una reforma a partir de las Escrituras y de la evolución de la moral sexual.

La Iglesia Católica

«Se ho scelto di studiare teologia è per la passione intellettuale e la fiducia nella vita che pervadono queste pagine. Attenzione quindi, è un libro pericoloso!». Vito Mancuso

Una risposta per oggi

Dio esiste?

L'ennesima recente crisi lo ha confermato: il capitalismo non è una scienza esatta e, proprio come il socialismo, ha limiti intrinseci che rischiano di portare la società al collasso, non solo economico. Dopo anni di fede cieca e immotivata nel libero mercato, come trasformare questo sistema empirico e imperfetto in uno che finalmente funzioni? Bisogna renderlo più giusto, risponde Hans Küng, perché l'etica è un principio di comportamento che va applicato in ogni settore, economia compresa. Alla base devono esserci due imperativi morali: la reciprocità, cioè non fare agli altri quello che non vorresti fosse fatto a te, e l'umanità che - sembra ovvio dirlo ma alla prova dei fatti non lo è - impone di trattare ogni essere umano come tale. Küng passa in rassegna le sfide del nostro tempo, da una parte esaminando la globalizzazione e l'evoluzione dei mercati, dall'altra interrogandosi su concetti chiave come giustizia, equità, remunerazione. E, in nome di un'economia "onesta" che abbia sempre come fine ultimo l'uomo e la sua dignità, lancia un appello per la creazione di un nuovo canone di valori e regole di condotta che guidi il comportamento dei soggetti, garantendo la sostenibilità e la salvaguardia del bene comune.

Onestà

In this highly acclaimed book, one of the most prominent theologians in the world offers a theological and psychoanalytic assessment of Freud’s atheism and of its implications for current psychoanalytic practice. In the original section of the book, now entitled "God--An Infantile Illusion?,” Hans K�ng traces Freud’s views on religion and religious longing, compares Jung’s and Adler’s attitudes toward religion, shows that Freud’s arguments against the existence of God are theologically unsound, and concludes with a frank and provocative discussion of what psychoanalysis may be able to teach the Christian Church. In a new section, "Religion--The Final Taboo?,” K�ng points out that religions still plays a negligible role in the practice of psychoanalysis, despite its increasing importance in the lives of most people. Has religion replaced sex, K�ng asks, as an integral facet of human experience ignored or repressed by the very profession that seeks to enlighten? Reviews of the first edition: "This should stand as one of Dr. K�ng’s finest works.”--Edmund Fuller, Wall Street Journal "A balanced, thorough, and very readable discussion of Freud’s critique of religion... A model of the clarity, honesty, and fairness we can always expect to find in K�ng’s writings.” -John F. Haught, America "An honest, sympathetic pro-and-con assessment of specific elements of Freud’s critique by a well-known German Catholic theologian, easily accessible to the interested layperson and valuable for both theologians and psychologists.”--Library Journal "K�ng carefully, sympathetically investigates Freud’s interpretations of religion, both within his clinical theories and personal history.” -Lisa Mitchell, Los Angeles Times

Freud and the Problem of God

Entre los grandes pensadores de nuestro tiempo, Hans Küng aboga como ningún otro por la conciliación de racionalidad y fe cristiana en una apuesta común. En este nuevo libro —una apasionante excursión a los límites del conocimiento humano— Küng se apoya en sus propias investigaciones de muchos años para abordar temas centrales: ¿Dios como principio?, ¿creación o evolución?, ¿es todo azar?, ¿es el libre arbitrio una ilusión? Pero no se limita a mostrar las respuestas específicas que a estas preguntas dan ciencia, filosofía y teología, sino que, superando antagonismos a menudo teñidos de ideología, se hace cargo de la cuestión fundamental de lo que «al mundo mantiene en sus entrañas», en palabras de Goethe. «‘¡Sea la luz!’: también el presente libro quiere, con toda modestia, comunicar luz, difundir esa luz que los grandiosos resultados sobre todo de la física y la biología arrojan sobre el principio del mundo, la vida y el ser humano; luz como la que, de un modo totalmente distinto, sigue irradiando el testimonio de la Biblia, siempre y cuando sea entendido de forma acorde con los tiempos; luz como la que, desde la humilde confianza en sí mismas, hoy pueden transmitir a los seres humanos una filosofía y una teología ilustradas» (Hans Küng).

ciencia y religión

El principio de todas las cosas

Does God exist? The question implies another: Who is God? This book is meant to give an answer to both questions and to give reasons for this answer. Does God exist? Yes or no? Many are at a loss between belief and unbelief; they are undecided, skeptical. They are doubtful about their belief, but they are also doubtful about their doubting. There are still others who are proud of their doubting. Yet there remains a longing for certainty. Certainty? Whether Christians or Jews, believers in God or atheists, the discussion today runs right across old denominations and new ideologies - but the longing for certainty is unquenched. Does God exist? We are putting all our cards on the table here. The answer will be "Yes, God exists", As human beings in the twentieth century, we certainly can reasonably believe in God - even more so in the Christian God - and perhaps even more easily today than a few decades or centuries ago. For, after so many crises, it is surprising how much has been clarified and how many difficulties in regard to belief in God have melted into the Light that no darkness has overcome.

Hans Küng

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