Hermeneutics and Method : : A Study of the 'Universal Viewpoint' in Bernard Lonergan / / Ivo Coelho.

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• VerfasserIn: Coelho, Ivo,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Lonergan Studies
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Bernard Lonergan's notion of the 'universal viewpoint' is at once a timely and an unpopular topic. The very term seems to violate the postmodern concern for indigenous contexts, and yet, given the development of information technologies, world courts and international charters of rights, the need for universal frameworks has never been greater. This study by Ivo Coelho shows Lonergan's approach to be a complex blend of dialectic and dialogue that has much to offer to a discourse on transcultural issues.Coelho shows Lonergan's universal viewpoint to be an important hermeneutical tool that makes its appearance in "Insight" but is seemingly forgotten in the later works. He argues, however, that the notion did not disappear, but rather underwent a shift. Using the Thomist notion of wisdom (appropriated by Lonergan in his "Verbum" articles) as a key for interpretation, Coelho traces the flowering of the universal viewpoint into a mature theological method - one that holds out the hope of an effective transcultural mediation of meanings and values. Lonergan's approach to mediation, says Coelho, neither compromises on the demands of truth nor neglects the very real claims of difference.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART ONE. Insight -- 1. Early Antiacipations of the Universal Viewpoint -- 2. The Universal Viewpoint: Background Notions -- 3. The Universal Viewpoint in Chapter 17 of Insight -- 4. Expansion and Transformation of the Universal Viewpoint -- PART TWO. From Insight to Method in Theology -- 5. Upper Blade for Hermeneutics or History -- 6. Basic Context -- 7. Methodical Horizon -- 8. New Theological Foundations -- PART THREE. Method in Theology -- 9. Transcendental Method -- 10. Research, Interpretation, History -- 11. Dialectic and Foundations -- 12. The Universal Viewpoint in Method in Theology -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. Archival Material: Chronology -- Appendix B. A Note on the Emergence of Chapters 7-11 of Method in Theology -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index