Book review: Die Mariologie im deutschen Sprachraum. Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Herausforderungen für die Zukunft, red. M. Hauke, Verlag Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 2021, ss. 271

Abstract

The book comprises eight papers which were presented at the scientific conference devoted to the summary and assessment of the postconciliar Mariology in German speaking countries. The first part, more historical, presents origins, history and the main achievements of the three centers which shape modern German speaking Mariology (German Mariological Associacion, International Mariological Society in Kevelaer, Marian Institute of Regensburg). The other part focuses on theological aspects. It discusses the specificity of Benedict XVI’s Mariology and that of the other leading Mariologists of German speaking areas (e.g. H. Menke, A. Ditrich, M. Hoffman, R. Hangler and G. Greshake), as well as describing the present-day occurrence of Mariological lectures in the Catholic theological faculties of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.