Hope and History: The Communio and Concilium Alternatives

By David Collits

This book enables readers to understand contemporary divisions in Catholic theology. By examining a case study of issues in Catholic fundamental theology, Collits charts a path forward by advocating a rootedness in the Revelation of the Person of Jesus Christ. He does so by exploring metaphysics, the history-ontology and nature-grace relationships, soteriology and Christology. Furthermore, in examining the hope-history debate, this book tackles fundamental political and philosophical questions.

Collits approaches this by examining the competing schools of post-conciliar theology. On the one hand, the Concilium school of Karl Rahner, Edward Schillebeeckx, JB Metz and Gustavo Guti rrez; on the other hand, the Communio school of Josef Pieper and Joseph Ratzinger.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567718522
• ISBN13: 9780567718525
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"