For For any reader with questions about the Christian faith; a long interview that works as an informal catechism, easy to read.
Should I read this?
For the general reader
4 of 5strongly recommended
For the researcher
3 of 5worth your time
Difficulty
1 of 5light
His second long interview with Peter Seewald, ranging over the whole of the faith. An informal catechism.
How it proceeds
Philosophic2 of 5
Scriptural3 of 5
Experiential3 of 5
Sociological2 of 5
Historical2 of 5
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
The second of Ratzinger's book-length interviews with Peter Seewald, published by the Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt in Stuttgart in 2000. It ranges over God, Christ, the Church and Christian life in our time, as its subtitle says. The English translation, God and the World: Believing and Living in Our Time, was published by Ignatius Press in 2002.
