The Interweaving of Love and Truth: Bernard Lonergan, Intellectual Conversion, and the Synodal Process
This article explores the relatively theoretical question of what contribution academic theology is making to the synodal process and how this interaction might deepen in the years to come. It stresses the importance of what it calls foundational theological questions, employing the thought of the J...
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| description | This article explores the relatively theoretical question of what contribution academic theology is making to the synodal process and how this interaction might deepen in the years to come. It stresses the importance of what it calls foundational theological questions, employing the thought of the Jesuit philosopher and theologian Bernard Lonergan to define this term. It traces how a slow awareness of the importance of such questions, and an explicit attention to the question of theological method that is related to this, began emerging in the Second Vatican Council. It then suggests that such questions have come closer to the center of attention in the synodal process launched by Pope Francis. It proposes that the synodal process in the future will benefit by making further use of the thought of Lonergan. It leaves to a further study the question of how clarifying foundational and methodological questions in theology might have consequences for Catholic education in general. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e4748670d378492e8d5f0830a947e58b2025-08-20T01:53:54ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442024-11-011511136910.3390/rel15111369The Interweaving of Love and Truth: Bernard Lonergan, Intellectual Conversion, and the Synodal ProcessGerard Kevin Whelan0Faculty of Theology, Pontifical Gregorian University, 00187 Rome, ItalyThis article explores the relatively theoretical question of what contribution academic theology is making to the synodal process and how this interaction might deepen in the years to come. It stresses the importance of what it calls foundational theological questions, employing the thought of the Jesuit philosopher and theologian Bernard Lonergan to define this term. It traces how a slow awareness of the importance of such questions, and an explicit attention to the question of theological method that is related to this, began emerging in the Second Vatican Council. It then suggests that such questions have come closer to the center of attention in the synodal process launched by Pope Francis. It proposes that the synodal process in the future will benefit by making further use of the thought of Lonergan. It leaves to a further study the question of how clarifying foundational and methodological questions in theology might have consequences for Catholic education in general.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/15/11/1369synodalityVatican IILonergantheological methodhistorical consciousnessintellectual conversion |
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| title | The Interweaving of Love and Truth: Bernard Lonergan, Intellectual Conversion, and the Synodal Process |
| title_full | The Interweaving of Love and Truth: Bernard Lonergan, Intellectual Conversion, and the Synodal Process |
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| title_short | The Interweaving of Love and Truth: Bernard Lonergan, Intellectual Conversion, and the Synodal Process |
| title_sort | interweaving of love and truth bernard lonergan intellectual conversion and the synodal process |
| topic | synodality Vatican II Lonergan theological method historical consciousness intellectual conversion |
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