DISPUTED TRUTH: MEMOIRS, Vol. 2

List of Illustrations     xivAcknowledgements for Illustrations     xviPrologue     1More than 'memoirs'     2The historical background     3First-hand testimony: Ratzinger-Kung     5On the same wavelength?     6Two careers cross     8Together at the Council 1962-65     10Ratzinger's call to Tubingen 1966     11Friendly co-operation     12Ratzinger's tolerance     13Two different ways of being Catholic     15Roman Provocations     16Pioneer of conciliar renewal: Cardinal Suenens     16Criticism of the Roman system     19Progressive organs of the Curia     20Provocation I: Cementing the power structure     22Exemplary: the freedom of the Swiss election of bishops     24Successful resistance     26A radical response: Charles Davis leaves the church     28A fruitful research semester     31A key experience for the dialogue between religions: Beirut-Jerusalem     33Provocation II: encyclical on celibacy     36Karl Rahner and celibacy     38Slanders     40Friendships     42Provocation III: a papal creed for yesterday     43A leap forward called for     44A world-wide demonstration for the freedom of theology     45Provocation IV: decree on mixed marriages     48A call for self-help     49The invitation has an effect     50Provocation V: the 'pill encyclical'     52A Pope who doubts     53An encyclical which meets with resistance world-wide     541968: Year of Decisions     56How the 1968 cultural revolution came about     56Radicalization in Germany     58Guest professor in New York     60The murder of Martin Luther King     62Charismatic Pentecostal eucharist in Paris: intercommunion     64The quiet activity of the Roman Inquisition     66How should I react?     68No inspection of the records     70The crisis for the church after the Council - a dispute over paradigms     71After a 'Prague spring', a 'church in winter'     73Wave of protest at the German Katholikentag     76Representative of the rational centre     79The death and resurrection of a journal: Publik      81Priests want a share in the decision     83How the Pope could be     85Counter-offensive by the Curia     86Repression in the US and England     88Resistance in the Netherlands: the Dutch Catechism     89Decisive fight over priestly celibacy: the Pastoral Council     92How Rome tames a church     94The voices of renewal grow weaker     96Doctor of two theologies: Karl Barth     97The one who drove the Alfa: for Ratzinger's free semester     99Tubingen in Restless Times     101Calm before the storm     101Ecumenical research in practice     103Disputed university reform     104Student rebellions     106Violent actions and ideological exaggerations     108Disruptions and their consequences: Eschenburg and Adorno     110Rebellious theological students     111Euphoria over reform and perplexity in the faculty     113Threat to the Institute for Ecumenical Research     115Join in, flee or stand firm?     117An attempt to democratize the student community     118A trauma that Ratzinger couldn't cope with     119Struggle for the truth      120Ratzinger's departure in 1969     122The end of the red decade     123Was I wrong about him?     126Is the Bible to be understood in a modern and critical way or traditionally and dogmatically?     129Who has changed?     131Stand still - or move forward     132In the logic of Vatican II     133Decisions for housekeeping and secretarial work     135Infallible?     137Not just theology     137Interdisciplinary work in practice     139The truth in truthfulness     141Dealing honestly with errors     142Marian dogma - even against one's better judgement     143The prohibition of the pill - a second Galileo case     145The question of truth - a public matter     146Infallible? An unavoidable enquiry     148Are the foundations of this doctrine secure?     150Making the church capable of correction: Walter Kasper     152A deadly threat to the Catholic faith?     154Progressive theology united: the 1970 World Congress     156Karl Rahner: the great disappointment     157A dogmatic theologian in need over arguments      159The 14 helpers in need: a new style?     160First confrontation with Joseph Ratzinger     163Criterion for the Catholic: early church or New Testament?     165From Roman Catholicism to authentic Catholicity     166A reconciliation with Eastern Orthodoxy is possible     167The schism with the Old Catholic Church could end     168The Reformation protest could become immaterial     170Who 'invented' the doctrine of infallibility?     171Jesus would not have understood any of this     173Global Trip and Global Theology     175Sympathetic support     175Support from theological friends     176Concentration: being a Christian against a world background     179Broadening horizons: experience of the world     180Holy Russia     182Unholy Russia     184Abiding respect for the Orthodox Church     185The world of Islam: Afghanistan     188The golden temple of the Sikhs     190The India of the Hindus     191Sri Lanka and Buddhism     194Indonesia: tolerant Islam     196At the antipodes: Australia     198Free days at last: the daydream island      201The new horizon: the great ideologies     203New Zealand: episcopal pastoral letter against a theologian     205The second most beautiful country in the world     206My central project     210The original Christian message for today     211The magic of the South Seas     212The world of tribal religions     215Back in the Western, 'Christian' world     216Business as usual     217Sleep, laughter and hope     219Battle for the Truth - or a Struggle for Power?     220Problems for the Doctrinal Congregation     220Quiet work     223Where to begin: from 'above' or from 'below'?     223Was Jesus a revolutionary?     225The pros and cons of a 'political theology'     227Has the church lost its soul?     228What must remain in the church     229'His Holiness's loyal opposition'     230Opposition needs publicity     232Against resignation: points of orientation     234Concealing the use and the misuse of power     235A power struggle in the church     237Battle for the truth     239Attempts at a conversation free of domination     241'Fallible?': the results of the infallibility debate     242'Infallibility' reinterpreted - counter-arguments ignored     243Ambiguous experiences with the World Council of Churches     244Strange alliances     246Reciprocal recognition of ministries     248Apostolic succession - primarily a question about power     251Demand for eucharistic fellowship     252The Demand for Capitulation     254The change in the reform cardinal Suenens     254Charismatic movements in the Catholic Church     256Unfair conditions for a 'colloquium'     258'Operative agreement' with Karl Rahner     261A concerted action: Vatican and episcopate     263An 'enquiry' about the possibility of error unanswered     264A question of style instead of a question of truth or law?     266For me a question of conscience     268My back is covered by Tubingen colleagues     269Doctoral students and bishops also involved: Bishop Kempf     270A system of denunciation and supervision     272Fundamental objections to the proceedings     273The fate of someone 'ready for conversation': Professor Pfurtner     275The coming Chancellor: Helmut Kohl     277Roman festivals - informative encounters     280Paul VI in the German College     283Conversations with Roman professors     284In the service of the ecumenical world: Cardinal Willebrands     286The head of the Doctrinal Congregation in private: who capitulates to whom?     287The 'hammer' of the Doctrinal Congregation: Archbishop Hamer     288The proposal for a cease-fire rejected     291Will the bishop stand firm?     292The Roman proceedings contrary to human rights     294The Adventure of a Book     297A change of publisher with consequences     297For the Jesuits in Switzerland     299Not a Jesus domesticated by the church but a real Jesus     300Good news which leads to conflict     302The essence of Christianity     303The discrepancy between Jewish-Christian and Hellenistic understanding     303A basis for dialogue with the Jews     305And Christian practice?     306The disciplinary proceedings on doctrine are 'stopped'     308An unexpected bestseller     311My image in Der Spiegel      313Dialogue with Der Spiegel's founder, Rudolf Augstein     314An unwelcome programme of reform     316Towards a revaluation of women     318Against a split in the church     320Justice for the traditionalists too     321A dirty game     323No final say for the accused     325Agreement from exegetes     326'No understanding without initial goodwill'     327A comparison between Ratzinger's Introduction and On Being a Christian     330How one can come to terms theologically     331Scandalous silence about key christological statements     332On Being a Christian launched in Rome     334Experiences in northern Europe     336Experiences in East Germany     339Concerns for fellow men and women     340A prize for civil courage     342Problems of the Hierarchy and Problems of the World     344The end of the conciliar era     344Sudden death of a mediator: Cardinal Dopfner     346A dangerous constellation     347A good reception in America     349Different spiritual worlds     350Making old creeds understandable      352Three days with the Kennedys     354Ecumenical problems and opportunities: a Vatican III?     356Dispute among theologians: politicizing theology     357Endless quarrels: Cardinal Hoffner     358Quincentenary of the University of Tubingen: jubilee address on the question of God     360Honorary doctorate for a Soviet dissident: Evgeni V. Barabanov     362The loss of a legal adviser: Professor Neumann     365Tons of paper     366A bishop and his teacher of religion     368Dogmas instead of reforms?     370Church authorities against church teacher: an appeal for understanding     371Around my fiftieth birthday: Chancellor Kreisky     372Answer to the modern question about God     374Christological clarification is ignored     376Teacher about God in the great tradition     377God's living nature and historicity: Hegel     379Complications and implications     380The struggle over language     3821978: The Year of Three Popes     384Dramatic changes to my life     384An ecumenical round table     387What Pope do we need? Six criteria     388The 33-day Pope: John Paul I     392Enigmatic death of the Pope     394Unexplained deaths and scandals in Rome     395Banker Paul Marcinkus: covered by the Vatican     396A Pope from Poland: Karol Wojtyla     398Deceitful photographs: an Opus Dei Pope     400Liberation theology: Gustavo Gutierrez     402Experiences of Latin America     403The dangers of liberation theology     404John Paul II: not a Pope who engages in dialogue     406A risky introduction - a strategic mistake?     409In the centres of the world     412China after Mao     414In the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences     418At Confucius' birthplace     420Towards humanity in medicine     422Modern art and the question of meaning     424Unsuspecting     426The Great Confrontation     428An ecumenical or an anti-ecumenical papacy?     428A year of John Paul II     431Offence at the truth?     433The Polish Pope and his theology     434A bad signal     437The wearisome life of engaging in single combat     440Fiction of a 'colloquium': Schillebeeckx     442Again: who is Catholic?     445Where I was deceived     446A secret meeting abroad     447Bishop Georg Moser in dire straits     448The moment of truth     449Dark deeds before Christmas     451No capitulation to the Inquisition!     452The general attack: disturbing complicity     454The verdict     456I am ashamed of my church     461A wave of protests     462Overwhelming solidarity     464Statement for John Paul II     466The university makes a stand     468Mediating conversations in the Vatican and in Tubingen     470A letter from Bishop Moser on Christmas Eve     47036 anxious hours: the papal decision is negative     472'With sadness and incomprehension'     473Roma Locuta - Causa non Finita: Rome has Spoken, but the Case is Not Over     475The fight goes on     4763.5 million words from the pulpit     477Against falsifications and lies     479A chair in Zurich?     480International echo     482The solidarity of theologians     484A case for politics: consensus of the parties     486Ecclesiastical constitutional lawyers     487Betrayal by the Seven     489'Grovelling, obsequiousness, slimy covering up'     491Pressure on the press     493Not on the side of the avalanche     494A 'true novel'?     495Weak episcopal friends     496Good Friday mood     498Not the end     500Last attempt at mediation     502Voluntary departure instead of being thrown out     503Getting rid of me fails     505Rome gives in     506Redeemed Easter laughter     507Prospect     510Roman retrogression and ecumenical confrontation     510Victory despite defeat     512The new freedom     514'You're doing well!'     515Mission and betrayal of the intellectuals     516'A public intellectual'     518More than an 'involved onlooker'     518A passion for truth     520Neither 'dictatorship of relativism nor dictatorship of absolutism'     522I would have sold my soul     523Life goes on      524Notes     525Select Bibliography     539Books   Hans Kung     539Books about Hans Kung and the Controversies     540Index of Names     541A Word of Thanks     555