A Systematic Study on the Interreligious Dialogue According to Pope St. John Paul II

Current discussions on interreligious dialogue often take pluralism seriously but overlook the particularities of individual religions, thereby evoking relativism. On the other hand, new comparative theologians take these particularities seriously but sometimes risk syncretism. This study investigates how John Paul II’s paradigm of interreligious dialogue addresses the dialectic between the proclamation of Jesus Christ as the unique and universal saviour and the call for dialogue with other religions, grounded in his Catholic self-understanding and his personalist philosophical concept of the human person and the person’s capacity for dialogue. This study serves as an explicit corrective to pluralism and an implicit inspiration for contemporary approaches to the theology of interreligious dialogue.

Marriage as a Sacrament of Everlasting Love

Marriage: A Contract or a Graced Covenant? A systematic and theological reflection based on the theology of St. John Paul II

Civil society and the Church are facing profound existential questions regarding marriage and family. How can we address the challenges of marital fragility and the theological implications of divorce? At the time of marriage, couples often view it as a contract. However, are they failing to elevate this contract to a higher level of life of grace and love? In other words, is marriage a progression from a life contract to a life of grace? This book seeks to explore how St John Paul II exhorts families to live in an everlasting love in his Encyclical letter "Familiaris Consortio".

Who is a Human Person?

Theological Anthropology of St. John Paul II with Special Emphasis on His Theology of the Body

When we reflect on the thoughts of Pope John Paul II, particularly his writings on the dignity of human beings, marriage,and sexual morality, we find that these concepts are interrelated. His theology of the human person is also his theology of the body. If we want to understand his teachings on human dignity, we have to deal with his theological concepts of the body. In this context the following questions arise: What does it mean to be human? What does it mean to love? Why did God create humans as male and female? How and where can we establish an absolute claim to human dignity? What does it mean to be a person? This work addresses these fundamental inquiries and thus highlights John Paul II’s anthropology and his concepts of human dignity, vocation, and sexuality.