In recent years, theologians have, yet again, rung the alarm bell about the state of theology. This time, the concerns are not directly about the threat of the secular to the place of theology within the university. Authors as diverse as Alasdair MacIntyre, Miroslav Volf, and Hanna Reichel have pointed at an internal crisis of theology. With different motifs and each in their own way, they blame theologians for forgetting the core business of theology, being the critical and constructive reflection on the relationship between God and the world that is already there. This forgetfulness, they argue, has led to the fragmentation and polarization of theological method, and paradoxically to the decentering of theology; developments which are in themselves not fruitful grounds for the improvement of the field, let alone for convincing others that there is a role and task for theology in the contemporary university. For Catholic theology, this problem would seem even more pressing since Catholic self-understanding is rooted in one truth represented by one tradition, which at the same time integrates a variety of interpretations and traditions, resulting in a dynamic of continuity and renewal. The question is in which way this Catholic paradoxical 'and' informs theological method. This paper will present the challenges of the perceived internal crisis of theology for Catholic thought, and will propose a renewal of the Catholic intellectual tradition as a response.