The Lonergan Reader

by Lonergan, Bernard J. F.; Morelli, Elizabeth A.; Morelli, Mark D.

• ISBN13: 9780802042514
• ISBN10: 0802042511
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-03-01
• Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr

Summary

Bernard Lonergan's work is both original and comprehensive. It can be grasped only by working one's way slowly and carefully through his major writings. In order to make Lonergan's unique contribution to philosophy and theology accessible to students and teachers, the editors of The Lonergan Readerhave brought together in a single volume selections that represent the depth and breadth of his thought. The full range of Lonergan's basic philosophical positions, the key transitional moments in the development of his thought, and the main elements of his innovative theological method are thoroughly represented. The Lonergan Readerincludes an abridgment of Lonergan's massive foundational work, Insight, and extensive selections from his last major work, Method in Theology. In addition, the volume contains the complete texts of several articles that expanded and transformed his original positions and a broad range of shorter selections. The volume highlights not only Lonergan's essential philosophical writings, but also reveals the larger cultural and theological dimensions of his work.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 3
Insight: A Study of Human Understanding: Selections	p. 29
Introduction to Insight	p. 31
The Act of Insight	p. 46
The Complementarity of Classical and Statistical Investigations	p. 76
Common Sense and Its Subject	p. 97
Common Sense as Object	p. 123
Things and Bodies	p. 153
Judgment	p. 162
Self-Affirmation of the Knower	p. 178
The Notion of Being	p. 198
The Notion of Objectivity	p. 211
Method in Metaphysics	p. 222
Development	p. 246
Truth and Interpretation	p. 263
The Problem of Liberation	p. 275
Knowledge of God	p. 291
The Problem of Evil and Its Solution	p. 308
Self-Appropriation	p. 340
From Insight to Method in Theology	p. 361
A Definition of Art	p. 363
Openness and Religious Experience	p. 376
Cognitional Structure	p. 380
Dimensions of Meaning	p. 387
The Future of Thomism	p. 402
Theology in Its New Context	p. 408
The Subject	p. 420
Pluralism, Classicism, and Relativism	p. 436
Method in Theology: Selections	p. 443
Transcendental Method	p. 445
The Human Good	p. 455
Realms of Meaning	p. 466
Religion	p. 471
Functional Specialties	p. 483
History and Historical Method	p. 493
Dialectic	p. 518
Foundations	p. 531
Late Writings	p. 543
Static and Dynamic Viewpoints	p. 545
Dialectic of Authority	p. 550
Social Alienation and the Second Enlightenment	p. 558
Healing and Creating in History	p. 566
Praxis	p. 577
Natural Right and Historical Mindedness	p. 580
The Degrees of Self-Transcendence	p. 596
Chronology	p. 599
Bibliography	p. 601
Index	p. 607
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