This paper explores the role of absolute truth in the peace building process through the work of Joseph Ratzinger. In his reflections on the consequences of war in ancient Rome and post-war Europe, Ratzinger presents a pattern of human rejection of the Christian God as absolute truth in search for material security or comfort. By using Ratzinger’s theology of politics, this article offers a point of departure for peace building that considers the relationship between absolute truth and material security in a contested landscape of post-conflict truth claims. With the arrival of AI in the battle for truth, this reflection is even more pertinent.
Stephen Dolan (Fri,) studied this question.