THEOLOGY
Consciousness in Christian Community
An exploration of the ground of Christian community in a "common consciousness" as defined by Lonergan. 12 pages.
College & the Christian Vision
Three Christian doctrines suitable for inclusion in academic study: Human progress & decline. The mysterious nature of the real. The connection between the mission of the college and personal vocation. 13 pages.
Ethics & Religion
An introduction to an integration of religious and secular views on ethics. Includes an exercise in preparing a personal advance directive form on the end of life. Key elements: Good as self-absorption vs self-transcendence. Religion and moral impotence. Comparisons of religious and secular ethical criteria. Finding common ground. 13 pages.
Jesus Founder
An essay on vision and mission in Christian higher learning based on a survey of 15 Christian-based colleges. Included is a proposal to include Jesus the Nazarene as the source and founder of the college's mission. 16 pages.
Thinking about God
A college-level lecture on the six modes of thinking that have emerged in history. It serves as a preparation for studying religious beliefs. 11 pages.
Scholarship and the Bible
A college-level lecture addressing the question, "How does a community of faith ensure that readers of the Bible correctly grasp the significance of their reading?" Includes brief explanations of Lonergan on community, hermeneutics, horizon, conversion, and the self-correcting process of learning, with additional emphases on Doran's psychic conversion and Voegelin's saving tale. Incorporates a hermeneutics that combines personal inspiration and author-engagement. Sketches the resolution of differences in a dialectical forum. 23 pages.
Science and Religion
An account of the emergence of modern science and how the knowledge it brings relates to religious knowledge. Particular emphasis is given on how the human sciences affect people's ordinary religious beliefs. 10 pages.
Secularism
An account of the historical development of secularism, followed by reflections on the need for a "mutual exposure of horizons" between secularists and religious believers. 13 pages.
The Question of God
How the question of God arises from wonder about our historicity, our nature, our personal existence, and our religion. 13 pages.
Why the Christian Story Endures
An account of how the emblematic (mythical/symbolic) factor of the Christian Story invites readers to take seriously the events of history and the events of the heart. 27 pages.
An exploration of the ground of Christian community in a "common consciousness" as defined by Lonergan. 12 pages.
College & the Christian Vision
Three Christian doctrines suitable for inclusion in academic study: Human progress & decline. The mysterious nature of the real. The connection between the mission of the college and personal vocation. 13 pages.
Ethics & Religion
An introduction to an integration of religious and secular views on ethics. Includes an exercise in preparing a personal advance directive form on the end of life. Key elements: Good as self-absorption vs self-transcendence. Religion and moral impotence. Comparisons of religious and secular ethical criteria. Finding common ground. 13 pages.
Jesus Founder
An essay on vision and mission in Christian higher learning based on a survey of 15 Christian-based colleges. Included is a proposal to include Jesus the Nazarene as the source and founder of the college's mission. 16 pages.
Thinking about God
A college-level lecture on the six modes of thinking that have emerged in history. It serves as a preparation for studying religious beliefs. 11 pages.
Scholarship and the Bible
A college-level lecture addressing the question, "How does a community of faith ensure that readers of the Bible correctly grasp the significance of their reading?" Includes brief explanations of Lonergan on community, hermeneutics, horizon, conversion, and the self-correcting process of learning, with additional emphases on Doran's psychic conversion and Voegelin's saving tale. Incorporates a hermeneutics that combines personal inspiration and author-engagement. Sketches the resolution of differences in a dialectical forum. 23 pages.
Science and Religion
An account of the emergence of modern science and how the knowledge it brings relates to religious knowledge. Particular emphasis is given on how the human sciences affect people's ordinary religious beliefs. 10 pages.
Secularism
An account of the historical development of secularism, followed by reflections on the need for a "mutual exposure of horizons" between secularists and religious believers. 13 pages.
The Question of God
How the question of God arises from wonder about our historicity, our nature, our personal existence, and our religion. 13 pages.
Why the Christian Story Endures
An account of how the emblematic (mythical/symbolic) factor of the Christian Story invites readers to take seriously the events of history and the events of the heart. 27 pages.