Death and Life of Speculative Theology - A Lonergan Idea

Drawing on the thought of Bernard Lonergan, The Death and Life of Speculative Theology narrates the rise and fall of speculative theology, retrieves and transposes its central achievements, and shows how it might be renewed as a modern science for a modern culture.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: Forgetting and Misremembering
Chapter 2: Form and Action
Chapter 3: Why Speculative Theology Failed
Chapter 4: Repurposing Royal Ruins
Chapter 5: Speculation, Procession, Pluralism
Conclusion: Democratizing the Regal Science

About the author

Ryan Hemmer (Ph.D., Marquette University) is editor-in-chief of Fortress Press in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Summary

Drawing on the thought of Bernard Lonergan, The Death and Life of Speculative Theology narrates the rise and fall of speculative theology, retrieves and transposes its central achievements, and shows how it might be renewed as a modern science for a modern culture.

Product details

• Authors: Ryan Hemmer
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2023
• EAN: 9781978715271
• ISBN: 978-1-978715-27-1
• No. of pages: 196
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; PHILOSOPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Philosophy, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Philosophy of religion