While many feel that something must be done, few perceive the state of the ecological crisis as a "profound religious problem." While Thomas Berry sought to fire the imagination and motivate his listener to action, Bernard Lonergan was absorbed by the growing gulf between traditional Christian theology and its relevance to modern problems. This book brings together the work of these dynamic thinkers and examines their mutual contribution to theology for our time and for our planet.
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- Includes bibliographical references: p. [201]-215
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Table of Contents
- Contents 10
- Foreword 6
- Introduction 12
- CHAPTER ONE — THE METHOD AND TRADITION OF BERRY'S CULTURAL HISTORY 18
- Introduction 18
- Berry's Dissertation on Giambattista Vico 19
- Vico's Influence on Berry 27
- Summary 38
- Notes 40
- CHAPTER TWO — THE INFLUENCE OF WORLD RELIGIONS 44
- Introduction 44
- The General Framework: An Existentialist-Humanist Motivation 45
- Underlying Assumptions 49
- Key Influential Ideas from the Content of the World Religions 61
- Summary 67
- Notes 67
- CHAPTER THREE — INTERACTION WITH THE THOUGHT OF TEILHARD DE CHARDIN 72
- Introduction 72
- Berry's Development of Teilhard's Thought— Role of Classical Civilizations and Non-Christian Religions 74
- Berry's Critique of Teilhard in the Light of the Ecological Crisis 80
- Summary 83
- Notes 84
- CHAPTER FOUR — THE INFLUENCE OF MODERN SCIENCE 88
- Introduction 88
- Changing Conception of Scientific Epistemology 89
- Supportive Theories in Scientific Cosmology 92
- Ecology and Natural History 106
- Notes 113
- CHAPTER FIVE — BERRY'S PROPOSAL FOR THE ECOLOGICAL CRISIS 118
- Introduction 118
- "Myth,""Story" and "Cosmology" in Berry's Work 120
- Critique of the Modern Age 122
- Berry's Proposal—A "New Story" 129
- Notes 147
- CHAPTER SIX — BERNARD LONERGAN AND EMERGENT PROBABILITY 152
- Introduction 152
- Description and Explanation 153
- Emergent Probability and the "New Story" 154
- Decline and Its Solution 159
- Notes 178
- CHAPTER SEVEN — A THEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF BERRY'S PROPOSAL 184
- Introduction 184
- The Methodological Question 184
- The Content Question: The Christian Horizon 198
- Notes 202
- Summary and Conclusions 206
- Bibliography — Works Cited 212
- INDEX 228
- A 228
- B 228
- C 229
- D 230
- E 230
- F 231
- G 231
- H 231
- I 231
- J 231
- K 231
- L 231
- M 232
- N 232
- O 232
- P 232
- R 233
- S 233
- T 234
- U 234
- V 234
- W 234
- Y 234
