Bernard Lonergan's Philosophy of Religion: From Philosophy of God to Philosophy of Religious Studies

by Kanaris, Jim

• ISBN13: 9780791454664
• ISBN10: 0791454665
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-08-01
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

Summary

Jim Kanaris provides a comprehensive understanding of esteemed theologian Bernard Lonergan's philosophy of religion and a crucial means of identifying precisely the points of contact between Lonergan's thoughts on God and religion and the issues presently discussed by philosophers of religion. Defining Lonergan's philosophy of religion presents a challenge because he does not use the term as it is generally understood. Rather, Lonergan addresses these issues under the guise of philosophy of God or natural theology, understands the role of religious experience idiosyncratically, and allows this concept to play various roles in his thought. The dynamics of these various components, their interrelationships, and their function from early to late development are fleshed out in this work.

Author Biography

Jim Kanaris is Lecturer in Philosophy of Religion and Theology at McGill University and Concordia University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Abbreviations	xi
Introduction	1	(8)
The Kehre of Philosophy of God, and Theology	9	(14)
Making Room for Religious Experience	10	(7)
Deliberately Bracketing Religious Experience	17	(6)
The Philosophical Aspect of the Concept of Experience	23	(38)
The Reader's Experience in Insight	24	(5)
The General and Specific Notions of Experience in Insight	29	(9)
Self-Appropriating the General Structure of Experience	38	(23)
The Technical Aspect of Self-Appropriation and the Problem of the Relation of Concept to Experience; or, Lonergan, Kant, and Hegel	40	(17)
The Existential Aspect of Self-Appropriation	57	(4)
Religious Experience, Reflection, and Philosophy of God	61	(40)
Religious Experience in pre-Insight Literature	61	(19)
A Necessary Diversion: The Nature-Grace Distinction	69	(3)
The Ascendency of Love	72	(8)
Religious Experience in pre-Method Literature	80	(9)
Religious Experience: Emergence of the Expanded Viewpoint	89	(12)
From Philosophy of God to Philosophy of Religion	101	(46)
The Model of Religion: The Point of Departure	102	(16)
Lonergan's Philosophy of Religion	118	(29)
What Is It? What Does It Do?	123	(24)
Conclusion	147	(4)
Notes	151	(28)
Bibliography	179	(14)
Index	193