Complete Bibliography of Lonergan Studies

Reviews

W.F.S. Ryan of Gonzaga offers a brief review of Lonergan Workshop IV (F. Lawrence, editor) in Religious Studies Review 11:178 (1985).

Michael Vertin has reviewed Lonergan's Understanding and Being in the Toronto Journal of Theology 1:138-40(1985) .

Dissertations & Theses

Gaetz, Ivan. Methodical Hermeneutics: Bernard Lonergan's Treatment of Hermeneutics and Hermeneutical Issues in Method in Theology.

Completed for the MTh in November, 1985 at Regis College, Toronto, with Fred Crowe as director and Robert Doran and Dan Donovan as examiners. "The basic purpose of the thesis is to show how Lonergan addresses the concerns of those who see hermeneutical issues extending beyond interpretation, but also show how Lonergan avoids falling into the position of making hermeneutics everything in theology." Ivan would be happy to supply copies of the thesis to those interested for the cost of duplication and postage; it is about 185 pp. Address: 1081583rd Ave., Edmonton, Alberta T6E 2E6. Ivan adds the following personal notes: "Thank you for all your hard work on the Newsletter. Every issue is of great interest to me. You provide an essential service. P.S. To the best of my knowledge my thesis is the only one on Lonergan written for the most part in the Canadian arctic!"

The following are Master's theses which are available in the Dublin Lonergan Centre.

Carmody, Brendan. A Critique of Lonergan's Notion of Religious Experience in Method in Theology. GTU, Berkeley, CA 1977.

Carmody, Brendan. Towards a Contemporary Philosophy of Education. Marquette University, 1978.

Dagg, Mary Vaughan. An Inquiry into the Implications of Bernard Lonergan's Cognitional Theory for Science Education. Trinity College, Dublin, 1980.

Denny, Michael. The Nature of the Relationship between Educational Theory and Practice: A Comparative Case Study of Teachers in Three Primary and Three Secondary Schools. National University of Ireland, University College Dublin, 1981.

Duddy, Marie. "Liberation" in Religious Education with Particular Reference to the Thought of Bernard Lonergan and Others. Queen's University of Belfast, 1981.

Greville, Brid. An Eschatological Understanding of History in Contemporary Theological Thought. Mater Dei Institute of Education, Dublin, 1974.

Healy, Timothy K. Hope and Action. Gregorian University, Rome, 1981.

Hickey, David. Intellectual Conversion and Education: A Study in the Philosophy of Bernard Lonergan. Trinity College, Dublin, 1980.

Lonergan Studies Newsletter 7/2 June 1986

Publications

Argues that the roots of emotivist ethics lie in the neglect of the knowing, doing subject; surveys some modern trends in ethics that attend to the subject, but in an incomplete way (MacIntyre and Hauerwas); the need for dialectical reasoning that raises the issue of the differing horizons of ethical decisions; and the role of community in initiating and sustaining productive ethical dialogue. The author relies heavily on the work of Lonergan.

Borgmann, Albert. "Prospects for the Theology of Technology." C. Mitcham and J. Grote (eds.). Theology and Technology. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1984, pp. 305-22.

Burrell, David B. "Argument in Theology: Analogy and Narrative." Journal of the American Academy of Religion: Thematic Studies 49:37-52 (1982).

Conn, Walter E. "Merton's 'True Self': Moral Autonomy and Religious Conversion." Journal of Religion 65:513-29 (1985).

The relation between morality and religion (moral autonomy and religious surrender) is discussed in reference to the specific example of the mature Merton. Genuine religious surrender/conversion (Kohlberg's cosmic orientation) denies, not (post conventional) moral autonomy, but only the illusion of its absoluteness. In religious conversion, moral autonomy is relativized, not sacrificed. Authentic self-realization includes both moral autonomy and the surrender of its absolute claims in religious conversion.

Daleiden, Francis F. "Quest for the Concrete." The American Benedictine Review 38:343-52 (1985).

Makes some use of Lonergan in a study of Aquinas.

Fennell, William 0. "Lonergan, Bernard Joseph Francis." The Canadian Encyclopedia, v. 2, Edmonton: Hurtig, 1985, p. 1033.

Haught, John. What Is God? How to Think About the Divine. New York: Paulist Press, 1986.

"The following chapters are a reworking of the reflections of some important religious thinkers of this century who have made significant contributions to our understanding of 'the divine.' Such notable authors as Paul Tillich, Alfred North Whitehead, Paul Ricoeur, Bernard Lonergan and Karl Rahner and numerous others have influenced the ideas presented here. I am deeply indebted to them all." (p. 10).

Helminiak, Daniel A. "Lonergan and Systematic Spiritual Theology." New Blackfriars 67:78-92 (1986).

Helminiak, Daniel A. The Same Jesus: _A Contemporary Christology. Chicago: Loyola University Press, 1986.

"Following Lonergan, this book correlates his notion of 'common sense' with the New Testament mentality and accepts his philosophical analysis of the shift from common sense to theory. There results a theoretically elaborated account of the development from Jesus himself and the New Testament through the ecumenical councils.... Moreover, accepting Lonergan's revitalized explanation of the traditional notions of 'nature' and 'person,' this book discloses further implications in the commonly accepted conciliar teaching about the humanity of Jesus.... Third, contemporary Christology is enamored of the approach from below, the move from Jesus' humanity to his divinity.... Lonergan's understanding of human consciousness and its potential and his understanding of the distinction between the 'natural' and the 'supernatural' are relevant here." (pp. xiv-xv).

Johnstone, Brian V. "Moral Experience in the Test of History." Eglise et Theologie 16:319-38 (1985).

Kuester, Harold H. "Some Evidences of a 'Counter-Position' in Bernard Lonergan's Epistemology as Found in Insight (Part I)." Journal of Religious Studies 12:11-34 (1985).

Explains Lonergan'; meaning of "position" and "counter-position"; a basic counter-position speaks about the "ding an sich" (that which exits) without recourse to the knowing process. Because one can speak about what exits only via the knowing process, all counter-positions lack "coherence" and thus invite reversal. The article indicates that elements of Lonergan's epistemology as found in Insight, Part I constitute a basic counter-position.

Lash, Nicholas. "Catholic Theology and the Crisis of Classicism." New Blackfriars 66:279-87 (1985).

Part of a special issue dedicated to the theme, "Ratzinger on the Faith: A British Theological Response."

Lischer, Richard. "Theology for Ministry: A Conversation with Edward Farley's Theologia." Encounter 46:107-15 (1985).

McDargh, John. "Theological Uses of Psychology: Retrospective and Prospective." Horizons 12:247-64 (1985).

After historical review, the author discusses Tracy's model of mutual critical correlation: then, he notes the emergence of neo-psychoanalytic theory as a new dialogue partner for theology, explored in the soteriological projects of Juergen Moltmann and Sebastian Moore.

Manno, Bruno V. "Ways of Viewing Reality: A Proposed Convergence of Polanyi, Lonergan and Tracy." Journal of Christian Education Papers 81:5-10 (1984).

This article proposes several similarities in the writings of Polanyi, Lonergan and Tracy. It offers a brief biographical introduction to the three, exposes the reductionist model underlying the critical philosophical model that all three authors discuss, and outlines certain convergences in a proposed post critical model.

Remolina Varga, Gerardo. "Problematica de la evangelizacion de la cultura hoy." Stromata 41:227-52 (1985).

See esp. pp. 246-50, where the author uses Lonergan's categories to define the problem.

Scannone, Juan C. "Sozialanalyse and Theologie der Befreiung." Zeitschrift fűr Missionswissenschaft 69:259-81 (1985).

Describes the three dimensions of conscious experience and liberating praxis that liberation theology would reflect upon in light of God's word: historical, ethical-anthropological and religious. To these correspond three levels of reflection: the historical and social-scientific; the philosophical; and the theological. The author utilizes Lonergan's method in studying the mediating role of societal analysis in the first phase of liberation theology, and the indirect influence of societal analysis in its second phase. Some concluding remarks evaluate the use of Marxist analysis by some liberation theologians.

Stevenson, W. Taylor. "Is There a Characteristic Anglican Theology?" In M. Bryant (ed.). The Future of Anglican Theology. Lewiston, NY: E. Mellen, 1984, pp. 15-26. Toronto Studies in Theology, v. 17.

Tracy, David. "Lindbeck's New Program in Theology: A Reflection." The Thomist 49:460-72 (1985).

Varghese, Roy A. "The Common Man and God." In R.A. Varghese (ed). The Intellectuals Speak Out About God. Lake Bluff, IL: Regnery-Gateway, 1984, pp. 175-84.