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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.
“McCarthy is a capable expositor with an impressive grasp of the range of Lonergan’s philosophical work. Non-devotees will probably find his exposition clearer than Lonergan’s own.” —Theology
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.
Preface
1. The Tangled Knot of Old and New: Lonergan’s Project of Critical Appropriation
- The Tangled Knot
- Where Are We Now?
- A Critical Cultural Center
- The Vetera
- The Nova
2. Objective Knowing and Authentic Living
- The Defining Revolutions of Modernity
- The Anthropological Turn: Human Nature and History
- The Critique of Objectivity and Truth
- The Polymorphic Subject
- Cognitional Theory: From Logic to Method
- The Centrality of Insight
- Critical Realism
- Objectivity Reconsidered
- Authenticity as Self-Transcendence
- Maturity Is Comprehensive
3. Authentic Faith in a Secular Age
- Our Secular Age
- Rising to the Challenge of Our Time
- Enlightenment, Science, and Faith
- Exclusive and Religious Humanism
- Religious Authenticity
4. The Chill Winds of Modernity: The Profound Challenge of Catholic Renewal
- Critical Christian Humanism
- The Catholic Struggle with Modernity
- Aggiornamento
- The Second Vatican Council
- Critical Aggiornamento
- Critical Reason and Religious Truth
- An Ethics of Authenticity: Personal and Communal
- Realism, Repentance, Reform, and Renewal
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index