ABSTRACT Although scholars increasingly recognize the debts of twentieth-century Roman Catholic theologians to Søren Kierkegaard, no one has yet traced this influence to Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI). As is frequently observed, Ratzinger’s most famous book, Introduction to Christianity, opens with a meditation on a Kierkegaardian parable from Either/Or. We argue that Ratzinger’s use of Kierkegaard extends well beyond this opening image, to some central moments in his articulation of the idea of God, Christology, and theological anthropology. Upon closer inspection, we argue, Ratzinger’s use of these arguments is owing to the fact that his diagnosis of the ills of contemporary society and the orientation of contemporary Christian theology is the same as that of Kierkegaard, despite their seemingly different contexts. Identifying the Kierkegaardian influence on Introduction to Christianity helps draw our attention to the necessarily ‘introductory’ character of Christianity, which otherwise risks being lost.

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约瑟夫·拉特辛格（Joseph Ratzinger）在《基督教概论》中的“基尔凯郭尔式选择”

摘要尽管学者们越来越认识到20世纪罗马天主教神学家对索伦·基尔凯郭尔（SørenKierkegaard）的欠债，但尚无人将这种影响归因于约瑟夫·拉辛格（Joseph Ratzinger）（教皇本笃十六世）。正如经常观察到的那样，拉特辛格最着名的著作《基督教概论》（Introduction to Christian）以沉思冥想的方式开始，寓言来自艾瑟/奥（Either / Or）。我们认为，拉辛格对基尔凯郭尔的使用远远超出了这种开放的形象，延伸到了他对上帝，基督论和神学人类学的阐述中的一些关键时刻。经过仔细研究，我们认为，拉津格之所以使用这些论点，是由于这样一个事实，尽管拉特辛格对现代社会的弊病和当代基督教神学的取向的诊断与基尔凯郭尔的观点相同，尽管它们的背景似乎不同。