Lonergan Research
We are confronted with a fundamental problem.
For some reason, the symbols we use and celebrate do not connect with ordinary experience. As a result, transformation, which is the inherent power of symbol, is delayed or fails to occur. This situation might explain why the sacraments and Eucharist in the Catholic Christian tradition have lost their appeal and beauty to create change.
This website is an invitation to take a hard look at this problem of disconnect between symbol and experience.
As a "way of proceeding" with this exploration of the fundamental problem, we will look at the writings of the Jesuit theologian Bernard Lonergan (d. 1984). His most famous works are Insight and Method in Theology.
En Español, véase la página de web sobre Lonergan y las conferencias y talleres en América Latina.
Who is Bernard Lonergan and what did he contribute?
For some reason, the symbols we use and celebrate do not connect with ordinary experience. As a result, transformation, which is the inherent power of symbol, is delayed or fails to occur. This situation might explain why the sacraments and Eucharist in the Catholic Christian tradition have lost their appeal and beauty to create change.
This website is an invitation to take a hard look at this problem of disconnect between symbol and experience.
As a "way of proceeding" with this exploration of the fundamental problem, we will look at the writings of the Jesuit theologian Bernard Lonergan (d. 1984). His most famous works are Insight and Method in Theology.
En Español, véase la página de web sobre Lonergan y las conferencias y talleres en América Latina.
Who is Bernard Lonergan and what did he contribute?
Other Resources on the thought of Lonergan
- An interview with Prof. Pat Byrne from Boston College on an introduction to Lonergan and Vatican II.
- Various resources.
- More links, including South America.
- Glossary of terms in Lonergan's works, access here.
- Book by Tad Dunne, SJ, "Lonergan and Spirituality", can be accessed online.
- Book by Brian Cronin, "Introduction to Philosophy," can be accessed online. Table of Contents. Or the book online.
- Using Lonergan's transcendental precepts, the notions of "Foundation" and "Dialectic," I evaluate the current status of religious life in this article.
- Various resources.
- More links, including South America.
- Glossary of terms in Lonergan's works, access here.
- Book by Tad Dunne, SJ, "Lonergan and Spirituality", can be accessed online.
- Book by Brian Cronin, "Introduction to Philosophy," can be accessed online. Table of Contents. Or the book online.
- Using Lonergan's transcendental precepts, the notions of "Foundation" and "Dialectic," I evaluate the current status of religious life in this article.
My Projects
Robert Dueweke began his Fellowship at the Lonergan Institute, Boston College, from January to March 2016. The title of his research is: Inquiry and Patterns in the Liturgical Year: Contributions of Bernard Lonergan and Augustine toward community formation in the social media context. He also developed a 6-week online course called "Introduction to Lonergan" and in 2016 began research in Lonergan's science of macroeconomics.
His residence was at the Flanagan House at BC.
For a summary of the research proposal, click here.
JANUARY - JUNE, 2015
-- Outline of projects, click here.
SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER, 2015 (Certificates of completion are given to all online courses from the Institute for Augustinian Spirituality in Rome)
-- Development and presentation of 6-week online course: Introduction to the Thought of Lonergan -- (Transcendental Precepts)
(This course presented Lonergan's notion of intellectual conversion)
SPRING SEMESTER, 2016
--Online course - Lonergan's notion of moral conversion
FEBRUARY, 2017
--Retreat on Lonergan's notion of religious conversion (Las Cruces, NM)
JANUARY - MAY, 2017
Lonergan study groups (Bronx and El Paso, Tx); M. Miller, The Quest for God & the Good Life. Lonergan's Anthropology.
OCTOBER - 2018
Retreat on psychic conversion (Las Cruces, NM)
OCTOBER - 2019
Retreat on Cosmopolis and Climate Change (Las Cruces, NM)
OCTOBER - 2020
Retreat on Beauty
