This Spring, John Dadosky, professor at Regis College and a Research Scholar of the LRI, published The Eclipse and Recovery of Beauty: A Lonergan Approach (University of Toronto). The book takes up von Balthasar’s contention that a world that has forgotten beauty is doomed to skepticism, mor- al and aesthetic relativism, reli- gious conflicts, and …
The LRI hosts an unofficial Lonergan reading circle each term. The circle began informally as an Insight reading group with Dr Wilkins and several graduate students during the 2012- 2013 academic year. Last Fall’s text was The Incarnate Word, with half a dozen doctoral students enrolled for credit. This Spring’s group is the largest …
In November, the LRI Director had the honour of sharing a rostrum with Fr Massimo Pampaloni, SJ, at a conference at the Gregorian University in Rome. A professor at the Pontifical Oriental In- stitute, Pampaloni is an expert in pa- tristic Christology who is using Lon- ergan’s technique of dialectic to analyze the Christological …
We are honoured this year to have Pat- rick Byrne, Professor of Philosophy and past chair of the Philosophy Depart- ment at Boston College, deliver our annual Lonergan Lecture. In his lec- ture, entitled “Can We Be Moral With- out God? Philosophy, Religion, and Moral Foundations,” Prof. Byrne will examine some of the implicit …
The Collected Works of Bernard Lon- ergan took another major step toward completion this Spring with the appear- ance of two further volumes presenting Lonergan’s writings and courses on theo- logical method during his sojourn in Rome (1953-1964).
For nearly two decades, Father Robert Croken, SJ, was an integral part of the LRI. Early Friday morning, March 1, at Rene Goupil House in Pickering, Ontario, he went to his eternal reward. He was in his 80th year of life, and his 60th year as a Jesuit.
The work of the LRI is, for the most part, a quiet service to scholarship. Even so, there are few tasks as thankless and unheralded as translaƟon. Its demands are easily overlooked, and its results readily criƟcized. For over 32 years, Fr Michael Shields has paƟently labored as the principal translator of Lonergan’s considerable …
After four years of dedicated service, Gordon Rixon, S.J., and Michael Vertin stepped down this summer as Director and Associate Director of the LRI. Both remain actively involved in the life of the LRI as Research Scholars and members of the Board. To the warm gratitude of the LRI Board, let me add my …
