The Relevance of Bernard Lonergan’s Notion of Self-Appropriation to a Mystical-Political Theology
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222 Pages
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American University Studies , Volume 284
Summary
In The Relevance of Bernard Lonergan’s Notion of Self-Appropriation to a Mystical-Political Theology, Ian Bell takes on the issue of the separation of the interior and exterior lives that has come to dominate mystical theology over the years. The mystical life, he claims, is necessarily involved in the establishment of social structures and institutions that govern human living, and the work of Bernard Lonergan on the human subject provides a means by which the connection between the interior and exterior lives may be established. Because human persons operate in a consistent pattern regardless of a given moment’s particularities, mystical experience is no longer relegated to so-called spiritual matters, and the insights of mystics may be applied to the Christian call to live as agents of love. With this connection in place, mystical theology and political theology come together in a theology that is both mystical and political.
Details
- Pages
- X, 222
- Publication Year
- 2008
- ISBN (Hardcover)
- 9781433100727
- Language
- English
- Keywords
- Lonergan, Bernard J. F. Theologie Bernard Lonergan Theology Mystical theology Political theology
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- New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2008. X, 222 pp.
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