Description
In the mid- to late-1930s, while he was a student at the Gregorian University in Rome, Bernard Lonergan wrote a series of eight essays on the philosophy and theology of history. These essays foreshadow a number of the major themes in his life's work.
The significance of these essays is enormous, not only for an understanding of the later trajectory of Lonergan's own work but also for the development of a contemporary systematic theology. In an important entry from 1965 in his archival papers, Lonergan wrote that the "mediated object" of systematics is Geschichte or the history that is lived and written about. In the same entry, he stated that the "doctrines" that this systematic theology would attempt to understand are focused on "redemption." The seeds of such a theology are planted in the current volume, where the formulae that are so pronounced in his later work first appear. Students of Lonergan's work will find their understanding of his philosophy profoundly affected by the essays in this volume.
About the Author
Robert M. Doran is the Emmett Doerr Chair in Catholic Systematic Theology at Marquette University. John D. Dadosky is a professor of philosophy and theology at the University of Toronto.
Book Information
ISBN 9781487524388
Author Robert Doran, S.J.
Format Paperback
Page Count 216
Imprint University of Toronto Press
Publisher University of Toronto Press
Weight(grams) 340g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 156mm * 15mm
