Bernard Lonergan, SJ (1904–84): A Theologian of Change and Judgment
At least two elements pervade Lonergan's contribution to theology: a faith-based desire for religious “orthodoxy” and an indefatigable desire for “understanding.” This concern receives distinctively new form in Lonergan, being forged against a background of competing voices whose mastery over b...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
2005
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Theology today
Year: 2005, Volume: 62, Issue: 3, Pages: 330-341 |
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| Summary: | At least two elements pervade Lonergan's contribution to theology: a faith-based desire for religious “orthodoxy” and an indefatigable desire for “understanding.” This concern receives distinctively new form in Lonergan, being forged against a background of competing voices whose mastery over belief and thought stultifies faith and restrains insight. The article investigates this dynamic in three basic parts: Lonergan's contribution to the distillation of the Catholic “orthodoxy” upon which he was reared; the conscious operation of “judgment,” which earmarks Lonergan's revalorization of orthodoxy as against the fundamental failure he saw in reactionary thinking to Catholicism; and a brief illustration of how these elements correlate in Lonergan's Christology. |
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| ISSN: | 2044-2556 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology today
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/004057360506200304 |