Notes on Eric Voegelin’s The World of the Polis
See a summary of what Eric Voegelin has to say in his The World of the Polis Introduction Mankind and History Part 1 Cretans, Achaeans, and Hellenes Chapter 1 Hellas and History Voegelin's World of the Polis...
Reading Lonergan's Insight: A Study of Human Understanding: Time: 10:30 am – 12 pm, alternate Saturdays. This seminar meets live at the Lonergan Institute and online via the Internet, which allows Dr. David Fleischacker to conduct the seminar remotely from Bismarck, North Dakota. Dr. Ron Vardiman and Br. Dunstan...
Notes on Eric Voegelin’s Israel and Revelation Part 4 Chapter 13
Notes prepared by Dr. Joanne Tetlow for students of Voegelin's thought. The text is in pdf format. Eric Voegelin's Israel and Revelation Part 4 Chapter 13...
Understanding Lonergan’s Triune God: Systematics: Chapter One
This is a direct link to a pdf file which attempts to explain what Lonergan says in chapter one of his The Triune God: Systematics where he speaks about the nature of theology and how one best distinguishes between dogmatic and systematic theology. Revised as of December 10, 2010...
Eric Voegelin, Order and History, Volume One: Israel and Revelation – Part IV – chap. 12 – Moses
09/26/2010 – Joanne Tetlow on Eric Voegelin, Order and History, Volume One: Israel and Revelation – Part IV – chap. 12 – Moses Summary Without exception, Moses is the key figure in the Old Testament. The historical memory of the legends, stories, and facts about Moses, his role as...
Eric Voegelin, Order and History, Volume One: Israel and Revelation – Part IV – chap. 11 – The Deuteronomic Torah
08/21/2010 – Joanne Tetlow on Eric Voegelin, Order and History, Volume One: Israel and Revelation – Part IV – chap. 11 – The Deuteronomic Torah Summary Voegelin’s important distinction between Israel’s paradigmatic and pragmatic history returns in full force under the Deuteronomic Torah. We are reminded again...
Summary – Part 2, Ch. 4-6
03/13/10 – Joanne Tetlow – Voegelin – Order and History, Volume One: Israel and Revelation – Part II – chaps. 4-6 – The Historical Order of Israel Summary The emergence of Israel as a historical form occurs when God chooses a people under the Mosaic covenant. Exodus from Egypt...
Summary – Part 1, Ch. 1-3
02/27/10 – Joanne Tetlow Voegelin – Order and History, Volume One: Israel and Revelation Part I – chaps. 1-3 – Mesopotamia, Achaemenian Empire, and Egypt Summary Voegelin begins his study of Israel and Revelation with an introductory chapter about his philosophy of symbolization of order. There is a dialectical...
Part III – Chap. 7 – From Clan Society to Kingship
Summary by Joanne Tetlow Ambiguity exists in the symbols of Israelite history. According to Voegelin, the compactness of the cosmological myth holding together Israel’s community prevented a “leap in being” prompted by the Yahwist prophetic experience. Particularist beliefs as a Chosen People always thwarted the universal impulse inspired by...
Newman Forum
CURRENT SEMINAR: Newman's Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine: Online Text Online Audio Order Book Sign Up to Attend the Seminar in Person or Online A speculative inquiry and argument about how development, as a principle, can be properly applied as a hermeneutic for the study of...