Religion and Culture
Powers, Joseph M.
IN BRIEF Religion and Culture: Essays in Honor of Bernard Lonergan, S.J. Edited by Timothy P. Fallon, S.J. and Philip Boo Riley. SUNY Press, 395 pp. This is a collection of three keynote addresses...
...The patristic essays treat of materials dear to Lonergan from his courses in christology (C...
...This is a collection of three keynote addresses and twenty-one shorter essays ranging from nine to eighteen pages delivered at the symposium honoring Bernard F. J. Lonergan in March of 1984 at the University of Santa Clara...
...The volume makes a valuable addition to those who, like myself, maintain a "Lonergan shelf" in our working libraries...
...JOSEPH M. POWERS...
...The keynote addresses treat the task of interpreting Lonergan (F...
...The shorter essays are arranged according to a series of "orientations" developed from Lonergan's thought...
...Toulmin), and renewal in spirituality (W...
...Under the heading of "Orientations in the Human Sciences,'' Walter Conn calls attention to an addition to Lonergan's ideas on understanding and conversion by stressing the importance of affective conversion, an issue mentioned by a number of Lonergan's students and critics...
...Five essays present orientations in philosophy, nine in theology, four in the human sciences, and three in economics...
...Helfing on "The Way to Nicaea" and W. Loewe on Irenaeus's soteriology...
...S. Happel's application of themes from religious rhetoric to Lonergan's category of "foundations" throws light on the practical expansion of Lonergan's enterprise from the perspective of contemporary rhetorical theory...
...Crowe), the question of pluralism and authority (S...
...Johnson...
Vol. 115 • January 1988 • No. 1
