The problem of history in Thomas Torrance and Bernard Lonergan
The essay compares the problem of history in the theological methods of the Reformed theologian Thomas Torrance and the Catholic theologian Bernard Lonergan. Lonergan works to incorporate historical science into theology, while Torrance argues for a revision of historical science. Lonergan's me...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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| In: |
Scottish journal of theology
Year: 2025, Volume: 78, Issue: 1, Pages: 61-74 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Lonergan, Bernard J. F. 1904-1984
/ Torrance, Thomas F. 1913-2007
/ History
/ Theology
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| IxTheo Classification: | FA Theology KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history TA History VB Hermeneutics; Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Bernard Lonergan
B Resurrection B Thomas Torrance B transcendental method B Eschatology |
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| Summary: | The essay compares the problem of history in the theological methods of the Reformed theologian Thomas Torrance and the Catholic theologian Bernard Lonergan. Lonergan works to incorporate historical science into theology, while Torrance argues for a revision of historical science. Lonergan's method is a synthesis of Catholic theology and history, but it is one constructed at the expense of eschatology and the full significance of Christ's resurrection. Torrance's method, on the contrary, includes a dogmatic understanding of history that is grounded solidly on the "Word-Act" of God - the incarnation and resurrection of Christ. It gives full weight to eschatology but elides the contingencies of history. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-3065 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Scottish journal of theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0036930624000644 |
