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Religion Theology

Method in Theology

Volume 14

by (author) Bernard Lonergan

edited by Robert Doran & John Dadosky

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Aug 2017
Category
Theology, Religious, Epistemology, Philosophy
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781487522247
    Publish Date
    Aug 2017
    List Price
    $56.00
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781487503017
    Publish Date
    Aug 2017
    List Price
    $113.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781487516444
    Publish Date
    Sep 2017
    List Price
    $46.95

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Method in Theology stands with Insight as Bernard Lonergan’s most important work. It is Lonergan’s answer to those who would argue that in this time of cultural change and dissolution, the believer is afloat on a sea of multiplying theologies, without rudder or compass. Lonergan was resolute in his refusal to be defeatist on this point. While agreeing that theology must continually change to mediate between religion and culture, he worked out an integral method to guide and control this ongoing process. Method in Theology is the fruit of this labour.

 

This critical edition has benefited from extensive research into Lonergan's typescripts and from consulting the recordings from several institutes where he lectured over the course of the work’s development. Lonergan's intention was to provide a set of methods that would guide a collaborative community in the ongoing construction of a theology that would move from recovery of the data through resolution of conflicts to contemporary formulations and applications. With this work, the cognitional theory of Insight: A Study of Human Understanding underwent a surprising set of developments in the form of what he calls functional specialization.

About the authors

Bernard Lonergan (1904-1984), a professor of theology, taught at Regis College, Harvard University, and Boston College. An established author known for his Insight and Method in Theology, Lonergan received numerous honorary doctorates, was a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1971 and was named as an original member of the International Theological Commission by Pope Paul VI.

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Robert M. Doran is the Emmett Doerr Chair in Systematic Theology and a professor in the Department of Theology at Marquette University. He is the general editor of the Collected Works of Bernard Lonergan.

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John D. Dadosky is an associate professor of philosophy and theology at Regis College at the University of Toronto.

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