Complete Bibliography of Lonergan Studies

Reviews

Jacobs-Vandegeer, Christiaan. Toronto Journal of Theology 22/2 (2006) 238-40.

Connor, James L., et al. The Dynamism of Desire: Bernard J.F. Lonergan on the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola. (See LSN 27/4 [2006] 1.)

Liddy, Richard M. Theological Studies 68/3 (2007) 705-707.

Doran, Robert M. What is Systematic Theology? (See LSN 26/4 [2005] 1.)

Gallagher, Daniel B. Horizons 34/1 (2007) 120-21.

Ormerod, Neil. Toronto Journal of Theology 22/2 (2006) 240-41.

Fitzpatrick, Joseph. Philosophical Encounters: Lonergan and the Analytical Tradition. (See LSN 26/3 [2005] 1.)

Rixon, Gordon A. University of Toronto Quarterly 76/1 (2007) 561-62.

Hughes, Glenn. Transcendence and History: The Search for Ultimacy from Ancient Societies to Postmodernity. (See LSN 25/1 [2004] 1.)

Cheeks, Robert C. South Carolina Review 39/2 (2007) 195-97. The review is titled ‘Raising the Question of History.’

Roy, Louis. Science et Esprit 59/1 (2007) 112-13.

Mathews, William A. Lonergan’s Quest: A Study of Desire in the Authoring of Insight. (See LSN 27/1 [2006] 2.)

Staunton, Brendan. Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review 95, Issue 379 (2006) 123-26. Available online at: http://www.studiesirishreview.ie/j/page123

Roy, Louis. Mystical Consciousness: Western Perspectives and Dialogue with Japanese Thinkers. (See LSN 24/2 [2003] 2.)

Winfield, Pamela D. Philosophy East and West 55/3 (2005) 493-95.

Teevan, Donna. Lonergan’s Hermeneutics, & Theological Method. (See LSN 26/1 [2005] 2.)

Rixon, Gordon A. Toronto Journal of Theology 22/2 (2006) 259-60.

Dissertations & Theses

‘This study of self-awareness and self-transcendence…contributes directly to a fruitful exchange between two influential and compelling thinkers…Bernard Lonergan and Sankara, the eighth[-]century philosophy of Advaita Vedanta… Both Lonergan and Sankara demonstrate methods by which the problem of self-awareness is solved through a more adequate apprehension of the self… [T]hese two quite different thinkers make the same shift to appropriate subjective operations and events, with similar results in terms of existential self-transcendence… The study also reveals that both Lonergan and Sankara have distinguished the same interdependent operations of intentional consciousness, lending credibility to Lonergan’s claim that these are normative… Finally, the study pursues briefly two opportunities for mutual exchange and enrichment, including how Lonergan’s interiority analysis may critique Sankara’s epistemology and how Sankara’s practical instructions on right discrimination may assist Lonergan to integrate intentional consciousness with the notion of full self-transcendence.’ (From the Abstract.)

Huang, Ding-Yuan [黃鼎元] St. Thomas Understanding of Contemplation [論多瑪斯 「默觀」觀念] Dissertation for the degree of PhD in philosophy, Fu Jen Catholic University, Hsinchuang, Taiwan, 2007

The thesis, written in Chinese with notes in Latin and English, is based primarily on St. Thomas Contra Gentiles and to a lesser extent on De Veritate. Chapter I attempts to define “contemplation” and then discusses the history of the concept of “contemplation” prior to Thomas. Chapter II describes the nature of the human person according to Thomas: a unity composed of body and soul. In chapter III, the author describes Thomas’ epistemology, using the categories of Lonergan’s analysis of cognition – experience, understanding, judgment and decision. Chapter IV then discusses Thomas’ understanding of “contemplation.” The author agrees with Thomas that “[T]he ultimate happiness and felicity of every intellectual substance is to know God.” (Contra Gentiles Bk. 3, Chap25, [14]) In the fifth chapter, the author then uses the concept of “Imago Dei” as a way to understand in what sense the human person is open to the knowledge of God. Under this heading, the author then considers Lonergan’s concept of God as Ipsum Intellegere. At the end of this section, there is a discussion of Lonergan’s 1949 article, “The Natural Desire to See God.” The thesis closes with a brief review of some of the mystical writings of St. John of the Cross.

Lonergan Studies Newsletter 28/4 December 2007

Publications

A reprinting of Lonergan’s response to a questionnaire on the present state of philosophy distributed to Jesuit professors of philosophy around the world, in preparation for a symposium on philosophy held at Villa Cavalletti near Rome, 8-18 September 1977. The volume includes twenty other responses to the questionnaire.

Lonergan, Bernard. Shorter Papers, vol. 20 in Collected Works of Bernard Lonergan. Edited by Robert C. Croken, Robert M. Doran, and H. Daniel Monsour. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007.

Shorter Papers is a collection of lesser-known items written by Lonergan over the course of his career. Together, they offer privileged access to the author’s thought and work, as well as a rare glimpse at his more personal side. The items in this volume extend from some of Lonergan’s earliest writings—the Blandyke Papers, for instance, which predates any of the materials represented in the Collected Works—to pieces written near the end of his life. A sizable portion of the volume is taken up with Lonergan’s reviews of other authors’ books. Organized chronologically, these pieces give an impression of Lonergan’s development as a writer, his ever-strengthening religious commitment, and his role as teacher.

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Beards, Andrew. Method in Metaphysics: Lonergan and the Future of Analytical Philosophy. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007.

Benders, Alison Mearns. ‘Renewing the Identity of Catholic Colleges: Implementing Lonergan’s Method for Education.’ Teaching Theology and Religion 10/4 (2007) 215-22.

‘This article address the epistemological disarray and secularizing trends in American culture, while also suggesting a way for Catholic institutions to meet their responsibilities under Ex Corde Ecclesiae. It employs Bernard Lonergan’s work to establish a theoretical foundation for education and outlines two specific liberal arts courses, Beginning with Knowing, in which students develop a methodological foundation for objective knowledge, and The Catholic Tradition, which transmits important Catholic perspectives and values.’ (From the Abstract.)

Bosco, Mark and David Stagman, ed. Finding God in All Things: Celebrating Bernard Lonergan, John Courtney Murray, and Karl Rahner. New York: Fordham University Press, 2007.

‘Written by leading scholars, friends, and family members, these original essays celebrate the legacies of Lonergan, Murray and Rahner after a century of theological development. Offering a broad range of perspectives on their lives and works, the essays blend personal and anecdotal accounts with incisive critical appraisals. Together, they offer an accessible introduction to the distinctive character of three great thinkers and how their work shapes the way Catholics think and talk about God, Church, and State.’

Coffey, David M. ‘Response to Neil Ormerod, and Beyond.’ Theological Studies 68/4 (December 2007), 900-15.

A response to Ormerod’s article, ‘Two Points or Four?—Rahner and Lonergan on the Trinity, Incarnation, Grace and Beatific Visions’ [See LSN 28:2, 2]. Coffey comments on the 4-point trinitarian hypothesis of Lonergan, as articulated by Robert Doran and on Ormerod’s treatment of his (Coffey’s) theology. From his own Christology, he further develops the notion of sanctifying grace in Christ.

Coghlan, David 'Insider Action Research: Opportunities and Challenges', Management Research News, 30 (5), 2007, 335-343

This article explores how, in the changing nature of  management research, insider action research, whereby insiders engage in action-oriented research in their own organizations meets the demands of 'the new production of knowledge'. The author argues that Lonergan's account of the cognitional operations provides a methodology for insider action researchers to engage in critical reflection on their experience and that his notion of authenticity and the transcendental precepts ground the challenges of insider action research.

Drilling, Peter. Premodern Faith in a Postmodern Culture: A Contemporary Theology of the Trinity. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2006.

‘The present work is an effort to demonstrate how the divine self-communication is received in the minds and hearts of Christians who believe that God is Three-in-One. To this extent the theological strategy correlates reason and revelation... I owe my confident conviction about the possible correlation of faith and reason to Bernard Lonergan’s studies on human intentionality and theological method. Throughout the pages that follow I often direct the reader to Lonergan’s books and essays. Beyond specific references, however, his influence upon both the structure of this effort and many of the particular positions proposed appears over and over again. With gratitude, I acknowledge Bernard Lonergan as my mentor.’

Glendon, Mary Ann. ‘Searching for Bernard Lonergan.’ America 197/9, no. 4787 (October 2007) 17-20.

‘“Why is Lonergan’s work so little taught in philosophy and theology faculties of universities or, for that matter, in their social science faculties?” Part of the answer is that Lonergan is just plain hard... Another problem is that although Lonergan placed great store by communication, he himself did not excel in that area. An equally serious impediment has been that philosophers treat Lonergan as a theologian, and theologians treat him as a philosopher. Social scientists by and large have recognized him as neither, for his work does not fall into any well-defined school.’ More positively, the author suggests that Lonergan’s influence is hard to discern because people learn from him how to shift attention away from what he said to ‘become conscious of what they were doing when they were knowing, to think in terms of development and schemes of recurrence, to notice what is going forward in ... various disciplines and to become more aware of the biases that can distort one’s perceptions and analyses.’

Guglielmi, Giuseppe. ‘Indifferenza religiosa e differenziazione della coscienza.’ Rassegna di Teologia 48 (2007) 549-571.

‘The postmodern phenomenon of religious indifference refers to an absence of religious restless that lead most people to not understand the reason or sense about God and consequently about religious commitment. By starting from the reflection about differentiation of consciousness according Bernard Lonergan I make two considerations. (1) A short differentiation of consciousness that leads the subject to elaborate superficial meanings and inattention to the complexity and variety of reality. (2) The refusal of God entailed by religious indifference. I will indicate in the ambit of interiority and religious experience two new approaches to religious indifference.”

Hodes, Greg. “Lonergan and Perceptual Direct Realism: Facing Up to the Problem of the External Material World.” International Philosophical Journal, 47/ 2 (Issue No. 186: June 2007), 203 - 220.

From the author (adjunct instructor at Penn Valley Community College in Kansas City, MO): ‘In this paper I call attention to the fact that Lonergan gives two radically opposed accounts of how sense perception relates us to the external world and of how we know that this relation exists. I argue that the position that Lonergan characteristically adopts is not the one implied by what is most fundamental in his theory of cognition.... [He] concludes with a critique... that makes evident the difficulties into which [Lonergan] is led by a lack of clarity in his theory of perception.’ — D. Allsman.

Hoyt-O’Connor, Paul. ‘Economic Development and the Common Good: Lonergan and Cobb on the Need for a New Paradigm.’ Worldviews 11/2 (2007) 203-25.

‘This paper examines [John B.] Cobb’s critique of economic theory and practice and his contribution toward an understanding of economic life what would do greater justice to environmental and communal sustainability. It also examines the contours of the new paradigm for economic theory that he and Herman E. Daly propose. While this paradigm stands in need of greater elaboration, their work suggests a line of further development, one that anticipates Bernard Lonergan’s macroeconomic dynamics.’

Jaramillo, Alicia. ‘The Necessity of Raising the Question of God: Aquinas and Lonergan on the Quest after Complete Intelligibility.’ The Thomist 71 (2007) 221-67.

‘I shall attempt to show that Aquinas’s method of arriving at the affirmation of God is guided every step of the way by the demands of intelligence is such a way that the final product of the affirmation must be thought to be the intelligent ground of all finite intelligence and intelligibility in the same way that Lonergan’s unrestricted act of understanding grounds the intelligibility of the real.’

Spaccapelo, Natalino. ‘La fondazione di una metodologia interdisciplinare secondo il “Questionnaire on Philosophy” di Bernard J.F. Lonergan.’ In Questionnaire on Philosophy, edited by N. Spaccapelo, A Clemenzia, and Dott. L. Sinibaldi. Rome: Archivio Lonergan presso la PUG Teologia e Culture, 2007, 182-97.

‘Lo scritto di Bernard Lonergan s.j. Questionnaire on philosophy ..., che viene preso come fonte della presente comunicazione, costituisce un documento di singolare importanza all’interno dell’economia propositiva del pensiero del metodologo canadese.’

Wilkins, Jeremy. ‘Finality, History, and Grace: General and Special Categories in Lonergan’s Theory of History.’ In Wisdom and Holiness, Science and Scholarship: Essays in Honor of Matthew L. Lamb. Edited by Michael Dauphinais & Matthew Levering. Naples, FL: Sapientia Press of Ave Maria University, 2007, 375-402.

‘For Lonergan, a theory of history would supply the formal element of a treatise on the Mystical Body of Christ, and bring out the intelligibility of the twofold mission of Word and Spirit. Matthew Lamb has ceaselessly called attention to theology’s vocation as an attunement to the order wisely and lovingly imprinted on creation by its divine Author, and he has long been convinced of the importance of Lonergan’s achievement in setting theology on the level of our time... [T]he present study aims to highlight how Lonergan’s theory of finality, history, and grace forges a new synthesis of philosophical and theological wisdom on the level of our time.’