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A Concise Introduction to Bernard Lonergan, S.J. by Fr. John P. Cush, STD
A Concise Introduction to Bernard Lonergan, S.J.
by Rev. John P. Cush, STD
This accessible introduction explores the life, thought, and theological method of Bernard Lonergan, SJ. It traces his biography, intellectual influences, and major works—especially Insight and Method in Theology. Cush explains Lonergan’s functional specialties, conversion theory, and impact on Catholic theology. Designed for students and newcomers, the book offers a clear roadmap to Lonergan’s approach, underscoring its value for contemporary theological reflection and pastoral practice.
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TESTIMONIALS
“This is the book we have been waiting for. Concise, at only a couple hundred pages, and readable, this text achieves the author’s purpose: to provide an introductory text for the study of the writings of Bernard Lonergan, S.J. In four clean chapters, Cush not only shows a depth understanding of Lonergan, he provides the reader with a depth understanding of the work of Robert Doran, S.J., who takes Lonergan’s work over the threshold into the world of interdisciplinary studies. This work is a must read, not only for the beginner, but for seasoned Lonerganians; truly a gift for the academic community.” – Sr. Carla Mae Streeter, OP ThD, Regis College Lonergan Research Institute, 1986
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Father John P. Cush, STD, a priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn, is the Editor-in-Chief of Homiletic and Pastoral Review. Fr. Cush serves as a full-time Professor of Dogmatic and Fundamental Theology, Director of Seminarian Admissions and Recruitment, and Formation Advisor at Saint Joseph’s Seminary and College in New York. Before that, he served in parochial work and in full-time high school teaching in the Diocese of Brooklyn and had served as Academic Dean/Assistant Vice-Rector and Formation Advisor at the Pontifical North American College Rome, Italy. Fr. Cush has taught theology and Church History at the Pontifical Gregorian University, the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (the Angelicum), and the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (Santa Croce), all in Rome, Italy.
Fr. Cush holds the pontifical doctorate in sacred theology (STD) from the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy in the field of fundamental theology, He had also studied dogmatic theology at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (the Angelicum), Rome, Italy, on the graduate level. Fr. Cush is the author of The How-to-Book of Theology (OSV Press, 2020) and Theology as Prayer: a Primer for Diocesan Priests (with Msgr. Walter Oxley), as well as being a contributor to the festschrift Intellect, Affect, and God (Marquette University Press, 2021). He is also the author of Nothing But You: Reflections on the Priesthood and Priestly Formation through the Lens of Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire, July 2024).
Neal Flesher is a philosopher, author, and former Army officer whose work explores the intersection of money, freedom, leadership, and moral philosophy. He holds a B.S. in Philosophy from the United States Military Academy and an M.A. in Philosophy from Holy Apostles College and Seminary.
Juan Novo was born in Habana Cuba seven years before the communist Castro regime took totalitarian control of this burgeoning island paradise and turned it into an isolated, run down specter of her former glory. He came to the U.S.A. unaccompanied when he was nine years old through “Operation Pedro Pan,” a clandestine operation that succeeded in rescuing over 14,000 unaccompanied Cuban minor children from communist indoctrination and control by the communist Castro regime. The operation, which ended with the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, was run and directed by Monsignor Bryan O. Walsh of the Catholic Welfare Bureau in Miami, Florida.