Wisdom of Order

John D. Dadosky is a professor of philosophy and theology at the University of Toronto.

• PrefaceIntroductionOrdered UnityMethod and the Pluralistic ContextThe Scope of this Work1. Approaching Lonergan’s Method in Theology: The Preface and IntroductionIntroductionThe PrefaceThe IntroductionTheology and MediationTheology Mediates Through Mutual Self-Mediation An Empirical Notion of CultureMethod DefinedA Model?2. MethodA Third WayMethodExcursus on Transcendental BeautyTranscendental MethodFunctions of Transcendental Method3. Apprehending and Doing the GoodIntroductionThe Good SkillsFeelingsExcursus: Beauty and IntersubjectivityThe Scale of ValuesDistorted AffectivityThe Notion of ValueJudgments of ValueSome Clarifications Regarding Lonergan’s Fourth-Level OperationsCrowe’s Development of ContemplationFourth-Level Operations: Insights? BeliefsThe Structure of the Human GoodProgress and Decline4. Different Types of MeaningIntroductionTypes of Meaning Intersubjectivity and Intersubjective MeaningIntersubjective MeaningSymbolsLinguistic Meaning Incarnate MeaningElements of MeaningFunctions of MeaningFour Realms and "Four" Stages of MeaningFirst Stage to Second StageSecond Stage to Third StageTranscendence and the Fourth StageThe Fourth Stage: Some Questions5. Lonergan’s Notion of "Genuine" ReligionIntroductionThe Question of GodSelf-TranscendenceA Note on Kierkegaard and the Negative AestheticReligious ExperienceExpressions of Religious ExperienceReligious Development Is Dialectical: Distortions of ReligionThe WordFaithReligious BeliefTechnical NoteGenuine Religion and the Fourth Stage as a Differentiated Realm6. Ordered Wisdom: The Eight Functional SpecialtiesIntroductionThree Types of SpecializationAn Eightfold DivisionGrounds of the DivisionThe Need for the DivisionDynamic UnityConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex