The Wisdom of Order

John D. Dadosky is a professor of philosophy and theology at the University of Toronto.

Preface

Introduction
        Ordered Unity
        Method and the Pluralistic Context
        The Scope of this Work

1. Approaching Lonergan’s Method in Theology: The Preface and Introduction
        Introduction
       The Preface
       The Introduction
       Theology and Mediation
       Theology Mediates Through Mutual Self-Mediation
       An Empirical Notion of Culture
       Method Defined
       A Model?

2. Method
       A Third Way
       Method
       Excursus on Transcendental Beauty
       Transcendental Method
       Functions of Transcendental Method

3. Apprehending and Doing the Good
       Introduction
       The Good
           Skills
           Feelings
           Excursus: Beauty and Intersubjectivity
           The Scale of Values
           Distorted Affectivity
           The Notion of Value
           Judgments of Value
       Some Clarifications Regarding Lonergan’s Fourth-Level Operations
            Crowe’s Development of Contemplation
            Fourth-Level Operations: Insights?
       Beliefs
        The Structure of the Human Good
        Progress and Decline

4. Different Types of Meaning
        Introduction
        Types of Meaning 
            Intersubjectivity and Intersubjective Meaning
              Intersubjective Meaning
              Symbols
              Linguistic Meaning 
              Incarnate Meaning
         Elements of Meaning
             Functions of Meaning
         Four Realms and “Four” Stages of Meaning
             First Stage to Second Stage
             Second Stage to Third Stage
         Transcendence and the Fourth Stage
             The Fourth Stage: Some Questions

5. Lonergan’s Notion of “Genuine” Religion
         Introduction
         The Question of God
         Self-Transcendence
             A Note on Kierkegaard and the Negative Aesthetic
         Religious Experience
         Expressions of Religious Experience
         Religious Development Is Dialectical: Distortions of Religion
         The Word
         Faith
         Religious Belief
         Technical Note
         Genuine Religion and the Fourth Stage as a Differentiated Realm

6. Ordered Wisdom: The Eight Functional Specialties
         Introduction
         Three Types of Specialization
         An Eightfold Division
         Grounds of the Division
         The Need for the Division
         Dynamic Unity
         Conclusion

Notes
Bibliography
Index