Religious Experience in Lonergan and Whitehead
Kathleen Fischer
Religious Studies March 1, 1980 DOI: 10.1017/s0034412500011987 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Compares Bernard Lonergan's and Alfred North Whitehead's treatments of religious experience as a contribution to dialogue between process thought and classical theism, especially renewed Thomism. The author hopes continued exchange will benefit the common theistic task and illuminate each approach's problems and limitations. |
Abstract
This comparison of some aspects of the treatment of religious experience in the writings of Bernard Lonergan and Alfred North Whitehead is intended to be a contribution to the continuing dialogue between process thought and classical theism, especially as the latter is represented in proponents of a newer or renewed Thomism. Continued exchange will hopefully be fruitful for the common theistic task, as well as a source of insight on the problems and limitations faced by each approach.