Jesus and CLT continued

Lisa's post has caused me to think that the early Church, in its encounter with the Roman Empire and other non-Christian cultures, proposes a model for us to consider in our encounter with the secular academy and secular society today.

On page 98 of Jesus of Nazareth, in exploring the Beatitudes, Joseph Ratzinger says: "As we witness the abuse of economic power, as we witness the cruelties of a capitalism that degrades man to teh level of merchandise, we have also realized the perils of wealth, and we have gained a new appreciation of what Jesus meant when he warned of riches, of the man-destroying Mammon, which grips larges parts of the world in a cruel stranglehold."  He then follows this up with the primacy of God, the centrality of the person of Jesus, and the face of Love.   If Ratzinger is correct, and I think he is, what are the implications for CLT?

More later...