Comprising twenty papers, including six never before published, this long-awaited work spans the fifty-year career of noted theologian Frederick E. Crowe, a scholar who has devoted himself to studying, expounding, and making available the writings of Bernard Lonergan, the well-known Canadian Jesuit philosopher and theologian who died in 1984. The publication of these papers, compiled by Michael Vertin, is a tribute both to their subject and to their author.
Developing the Lonergan Legacy both recounts the history of Lonergan's work in philosophy and theology, and offers significant theoretical and existential developments of that work. Divided into two sections - 'studies,' which examines the historical context of Lonergan and his writings, and 'essays,' which applies Lonergan's work in different directions - the essays in this volume are motivated by Crowe's deep concern for the concrete intellectual, moral, and religious welfare of his readers, of all those whom his readers might influence, and ultimately of the entire human community. Vertin's meticulous editing and thoughtful sequencing only add to the uniquely spiritual character of Crowe's works.
Table of Contents:
Editor's Introduction
Author's Preface
Frequently Cited Works
Part One: Studies
1 Lonergan's Vocation as a Christian Thinker
2 From Kerygma to Inculturation: The Odyssey of Gospel Meaning
3 Insight: Genesis and Ongoing Context
4 The Spectrum of 'Communication' in Lonergan
5 'All my work has been introducing history into Catholic theology'
6 Lonergan's Universalist View of Religion
7 The Genus 'Lonergan and ...' and Feminism
8 Lonergan's Search for Foundations: The Early Years, 1940-1959
Part Two: Essays
9 School without Graduates: The Ignatian Spiritual Exercises
10 The Relevance of Newman to Contemporary Theology
11 Lonergan and How to Live Our Lives
12 The Ignatian Spiritual Exercises and Jesuit Spirituality
13 Linking the Splintered Disciplines: Ideas from Lonergan
14 Law and Insight
15 The Magisterium as Pupil: The Learning Teacher
16 'The Spirit and I'at Prayer
17 Why We Have to Die
18 Rhyme and Reason: On Lonergan's Foundations for Works of the Spirit
19 For Inserting a New Question (26A) in the Pars prima
20 The Future: Charting the Unknown with Lonergan
The Writings of Frederick E. Crowe
Index
About the Author :
Frederick E. Crowe is a co-founder of the Lonergan Research Institute and a professor emeritus at the Toronto School of Theology, University of Toronto.
Michael Vertin is a professor emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto.
Review :
‘[Crowe] is a brilliant theologian whose research and interpretation in the field of Lonergan studies is unparalleled.’
- Mark Doorley (Philosophy in Review/Comptes rendus philosophiques) ‘Developing the Lonergan Legacy gives eminent testimony to Crowe’s refined elucidation of the inner dynamism of Lonergan’s thought and to the originality of Crowe’s own contribution within the world of Lonerganian and theological scholarship.’
- James R. Pambrun (Theoforum) ‘Crowe brings out subtle nuances in the development of [Lonergan’s] thought, and he creatively opens up new areas for the application of his work.’
- John Sullivan (The Heythrop Journal) ‘There is much in this collection that will prove rewarding, both to those new to Lonergan’s thought as well as to advanced scholars.’
- Patrick H. Byrne (International Philosophical Quarterly)
