The Trinity in history : a theology of the divine missions / Robert M. Doran.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Doran, Robert M., 1939- author.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Lonergan studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lonergan, Bernard J. F.

Catholic Church--Doctrines.

Catholic Church.

Theology, Doctrinal.

Trinity.

Physical Description:

2 volumes (425, 259 pages) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2012; 2019.

Summary:

"The Trinity in History is a two-volume work that builds on the thought of Bernard Lonergan to construct a unified field structure for systematic work in theology. Building on his successful and thought-provoking Theology and the Dialectics of History and What Is Systematic Theology?, Doran works out a starting point for a contemporary theology of history and proposes a new application of the 'psychological analogy' for understanding the Christian doctrine of the Trinity."

"Advancing the work of Lonergan, Augustine, and Thomas Aquinas, The Trinity in History also enters into conversation with contemporary philosophical emphases, especially with the mimetic theory of noted anthropological philosopher René Girard. Doran suggests several refinements of Lonergan's notion of functional specialization - developing a perspective for including the data of various religious traditions in theological construction, and establishing this theory's relevance for contemporary interreligious dialogue."--Page 2 of cover.

"The Trinity in History is a two-volume work that builds on the thought of Bernard Lonergan to construct a unified field structure for systematic work in theology. Building on his successful and thought-provoking Theology and the Dialectics of History and What Is Systematic Theology?, Doran works out a starting point for a contemporary theology of history and proposes a new application of the 'psychological analogy' for understanding the Christian doctrine of the Trinity.

Advancing the work of Lonergan, Augustine, and Thomas Aquinas, The Trinity in History also enters into conversation with contemporary philosophical emphases, especially with the mimetic theory of noted anthropological philosopher René Girard. Doran suggests several refinements of Lonergan's notion of functional specialization - developing a perspective for including the data of various religious traditions in theological construction, and establishing this theory's relevance for contemporary interreligious dialogue."--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Volume 1: Missions and processions

Part One. Constructing a new Catholic systematic theology : a vision and an invitation

A Catholic systematic theology on the level of our time

The Immanent constitution of life in God

Contingent predication and the divine missions

The order of the divine missions

Social grace and the mission of the Word

Functional specialties for a world theology

Part Two. Missions and Processions

The Starting point

Autonomous spiritual processions

The Dialectic of desire

Sacralization and desacralization in history

Lonergan's early analogy

Enriching the context.

Volume 2: Missions, relations, and persons

Imitating the divine relations

The program

Actual grace and the elevation of the secular

The relations that are imitated

Mission and person

Transition to the historical Jesus

Ben F. Meyer : the aims of Jesus, and the third quest for the historical Jesus.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781442645943

1442645946

9781487504830

1487504837

OCLC:

793944951