Hermeneutics and Method: A Study of the 'Universal Viewpoint' in Bernard Lonergan (Lonergan Studies) By Ivo Sdb Coelho ISBN: 9780802048400 Published: 2001 Number of Pages: 336 Binding: Hardcover

Pricing & Availability: Additional Details: Product Type: Book Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Description: Bernard Lonergan's notion of the 'universal viewpoint' is at once a timely and an unpopular topic. The very term seems to violate the postmodern concern for indigenous contexts, and yet, given the development of information technologies, world courts and international charters of rights, the need for universal frameworks has never been greater. This study by Ivo Coelho shows Lonergan's approach to be a complex blend of dialectic and dialogue that has much to offer to a discourse on transcultural issues.Coelho shows Lonergan's universal viewpoint to be an important hermeneutical tool that makes its appearance in "Insight" but is seemingly forgotten in the later works. He argues, however, that the notion did not disappear, but rather underwent a shift. Using the Thomist notion of wisdom (appropriated by Lonergan in his "Verbum" articles) as a key for interpretation, Coelho traces the flowering of the universal viewpoint into a mature theological method - one that holds out the hope of an effective transcultural mediation of meanings and values. Lonergan's approach to mediation, says Coelho, neither compromises on the demands of truth nor neglects the very real claims of difference.

Library of Congress Control Number
   - LC control Number:  2001269556
   - LC control Number: 2001269556
   - LC control Number: cn 00932036

National Bibliography Number: C00-932036-9

National Bibliographic Agency Control Number
   - Record control number: 009320369

International Standard Book Number: 0802048404 (acid-free): 0802048404 :
   - Terms of availability: $65.00

Level of Bibliographic Control and Coding Detail: //rp

Library of Congress Call Number
   - Classification number: BR118
   - Item number: .C62 2001

Classification Numbers Assigned in Canada
   - Classification number: BR118
   - Item number: C63 2000
   - Item number: C63 2001

Dewey Decimal Classification Number
   - Edition number: 21
   - Classification number: 121/.68
   - Classification number: 230/.2/01

Main Entry - Personal Name
   - Personal name: Coelho, Ivo
   - Personal name: Coelho, Ivo.

Title Statement
   - Title: Hermeneutics and method :
   - Remainder of title: the 'universal viewpoint' in Bernard Lonergan /
   - Statement of responsibility, etc.: Ivo Coelho
   - Statement of responsibility, etc.: Ivo Coelho.

Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint)
   - Place of publication, distribution, etc.: Buffalo :
   - Place of publication, distribution, etc.: Toronto :
   - Place of publication, distribution, etc.: Toronto ;
   - Name of publisher, distribution, etc.: University of Toronto Press,
   - Date of publication, distribution, etc.: 2001.
   - Date of publication, distribution, etc.: c2001
   - Date of publication, distribution, etc.: c2001.

Physical Description
   - Extent: xx, 345 p.
   - Extent: xx, 345 p. ;
   - Dimensions: 25 cm
   - Dimensions: 25 cm.

Series Statement: Lonergan studies series

Bibliography, etc. Note
   - Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-322) and index.
   - Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
   - Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes: # 020453

Subject Added Entry - Personal Name
   - Personal name: Lonergan, Bernard J. F.
   - Dates associated with a name: 1904-1984
   - Fuller form of name: (Bernard Joseph Francis),
   - General subdivision: Contributions in hermeneutics
   - General subdivision: Contributions in hermeneutics.
   - General subdivision: Et l'Herm∩┐╜eneutique.
   - General subdivision: Et l'Herm├⌐neutique.

Subject Added Entry - Topical Term
   - Topical term or geographic name entry element: Herm∩┐╜eneutique
   - Topical term or geographic name entry element: Herm├⌐neutique
   - Topical term or geographic name entry element: Hermeneutics
   - Topical term or geographic name entry element: Th∩┐╜eologie
   - Topical term or geographic name entry element: Th├⌐ologie
   - Topical term or geographic name entry element: Theology
   - General subdivision: Histoire
   - General subdivision: History
   - General subdivision: M∩┐╜ethodologie.
   - General subdivision: M├⌐thodologie.
   - General subdivision: Methodology
   - General subdivision: Methodology.
   - Chronological subdivision: 20e si∩┐╜ecle.
   - Chronological subdivision: 20e si├¿cle.
   - Chronological subdivision: 20th century
   - Chronological subdivision: 20th century.

Series Added Entry - Uniform Title
   - Uniform title: Lonergan studies
   - Uniform title: Lonergan studies.
   - Uniform title: Lonergan studies;