Knowing God, Knowing Emptiness: An Epistemological Exploration of Bernard Lonergan, Karl Rahner and Nāgārjuna

Knowing God, Knowing Emptiness explores the viability of Bernard Lonergan's epistemology in interreligious dialogue, testing it through a dialectical experiment with Karl Rahner's Foundations of Christian Faith and Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamakakarika. It examines whether these texts can be fruitfully related based on Lonergan's categories and considers implications for theology and comparative theology. The book concludes with potential developments from the dialectic.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 15 March 2022
Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd

"Knowing God, Knowing Emptiness" delves into the viability of Bernard Lonergan's epistemology, particularly in its application to interreligious dialogue. This inquiry arises from the recognition of the epistemological challenges posed by various interreligious conversations and seeks to evaluate Lonergan's claim of comprehensiveness in his approach. The study employs a dialectical experiment to test Lonergan's epistemology by applying it to Karl Rahner's Foundations of Christian Faith and Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamakakarika. Through a critical reconstruction of Lonergan's position in Insight, the book also examines these texts within the framework of Lonergan's epistemological categories. It investigates whether the thought expressed in these works can be fruitfully related based on Lonergan's epistemology and explores the implications for the field of interreligious dialogue. These implications are considered from the perspectives of theology of religions and comparative theology, influenced by thinkers like Francis X. Clooney. The book concludes by considering potential developments that could arise from this exploration.

Knowing God, Knowing Emptiness" explores the viability of Bernard Lonergan's epistemology, particularly in its application to interreligious dialogue. This inquiry arises from the recognition of the epistemological challenges posed by various interreligious conversations and seeks to evaluate Lonergan's claim of comprehensiveness in his approach. The study employs a dialectical experiment to test Lonergan's epistemology by applying it to Karl Rahner's Foundations of Christian Faith and Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamakakarika. Through a critical reconstruction of Lonergan's position in Insight, the book also examines these texts within the framework of Lonergan's epistemological categories. It investigates whether the thought expressed in these works can be fruitfully related based on Lonergan's epistemology and explores the implications for the field of interreligious dialogue. These implications are considered from the perspectives of theology of religions and comparative theology, influenced by thinkers like Francis X. Clooney. The book concludes by considering potential developments that could arise from this exploration.

Weight: 4078g
ISBN-13: 9781800500983