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Informationen zum Autor John Raymaker was a professor at Junshin University and for over twenty years a member of The Oriens Center of Religious Studies, both in Tokyo. He is the author of several books on Bernard Lonergan, on climate change, community life and interfaith dialogue. Klappentext This book addresses the climate change crisis through scientific, historical, and spiritual lenses. Using Bernard Lonergan's functional specialization method, developed to facilitate collaboration among specialists, Raymaker and Durrani go beyond data analysis to look for inspiration to motivate and coordinate needed action by persons, groups, and nations. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionPart I: Putting Climate Change Issues and Lonergan's Method in PerspectiveBernard Lonergan's Approach to Collaborative Networking: Universal Values in the Face of Our Environmental and Other Crises; Toward Possible SolutionsHistorical Background to Insight's Cognitional Theory: Its Originality and ImportanceMethod in Theology's Eight Functional Specialties (FS) and Its Two PhasesHow MiT's Diphase Eight FS Can Open Up New Horizons in Climate Studies Rationale behind Method in Theology's Eight FS Being Treated within the Two PhasesPart II: Analyzing Our Present Climate Crises with a View to Sketch a RemedyFirst Functional Specialty: Research and Gathering Relevant Data on Climate ChangeSecond Functional Specialty: Analyzing and Interpreting the Data on Climate ChangesThird Functional Specialty: Historical Perspectives on Climate Changes: Some ImplicationsFourth Functional Specialty: Dealing with the Implications of Climate Changes: The Strategic Roles of Operators, Dialectic, Wisdom, and EthicsThe Pivotal Notion of "Complementarity" in Lonergan: Transition to Part IIIPart III: Seeking Effective Ways to Remedy Impending Disasters Caused by Climate Changes (By Way of the Mediated Phase's Last Four Functional Specialties)Monstrous Storms and a Need for Far-Reaching Remedies: A GEM-FS KeyFifth Functional Specialty: Reinstating the Foundations Neglected by ManySixth Functional Specialty: Policies for Implementing Universal Values TodaySeventh Functional Specialty: Dealing with Systemic Shortcomings in Caring for Our ClimatesClimate Changes and Conflicts If the Changes Become Too Great to Reverse-Some ProposalsEighth Functional Specialty: Sharing Human Universal Values across the DividesPostscriptAppendix I: GEM Conjugates: How They Rethink GalileoAppendix II: GEM Conjugates: How They Rethink AristotleAppendix III: The Notion of Judgment in Newman and LonerganAppendix IV: How Monsanto Is Planning to Profit from Climate ChangesAppendix V: Summarizing Notions of the Cosmic Common Good in Aquinas and ScheidAppendix VI: Multinational Corporations (MNC's)Appendix VII: Monsanto and Reaching Climate Danger Threshold by 2036Bibliography...
