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Michael H. McCarthy has carefully studied the writings of Bernard Lonergan (Canadian philosopher-theologian, 1904-1984) for over fifty years. In his 1989 book, The Crisis of Philosophy, McCarthy argued for the superiority of Lonergan's distinctive philosophical project to those of his analytic and phenomenological rivals. Now in Authenticity as Self-Transcendence: The Enduring Insights of Bernard Lonergan, he develops and expands his earlier argument with four new essays, designed to show Lonergan's exceptional relevance to the cultural situation of late modernity. The essays explore and appraise Lonergan's cultural mission: to raise Catholic philosophy and theology to meet the intellectual challenges and standards of his time.

ISBN-13: 9780268035372

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press

Publication Date: 11-11-2015

Pages: 456

Product Dimensions: 5.90(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)

Michael H. McCarthy is professor emeritus of philosophy at Vassar College. He is the author of a number of books, including The Political Humanism of Hannah Arendt.

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Chapter 1 The Tangled Knot of Old and New: Lonergan's Project of Critical Appropriation 1

The Tangled Knot 5

Where Are We Now? 11

A Critical Cultural Center 24

The Vetera 51

The Nova 83

Chapter 2 Objective Knowing and Authentic Living 107

The Defining Revolutions of Modernity 109

The Anthropological Turn: Human Nature and History 117

The Critique of Objectivity and Truth 130

The Polymorphic Subject 135

Cognitional Theory: From Logic to Method 142

The Centrality of Insight 149

Critical Realism 156

Objectivity Reconsidered 166

Authenticity as Self-Transcendence 171

Maturity Is Comprehensive 180

Chapter 3 Authentic Faith in a Secular Age 181

Our Secular Age 182

Rising to the Challenge of Our Time 207

Enlightenment, Science, and Faith 219

Exclusive and Religious Humanism 230

Religious Authenticity 248

Chapter 4 The Chill Winds of Modernity: The Profound Challenge of Catholic Renewal 259

Critical Christian Humanism 261

The Catholic Struggle with Modernity 265

Aggiornamento 271

The Second Vatican Council 275

Critical Aggiornamento 283

Critical Reason and Religious Truth 286

An Ethics of Authenticity: Personal and Communal 323

Realism, Repentance, Reform, and Renewal 351

Epilogue 353

Notes 359

Bibliography 373

Index 403