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Lonergan Studies Program

The Lonergan Studies Program is offered by Regis College, which is the Jesuit faculty of theology in the University of Toronto. Please see the Regis College website for more information about the Lonergan Studies Program, including details about program requirements, admission and financial aid, including ThD scholarships supported by a gift from the Lonergan Trust Fund.

For more information about the Lonergan Studies Program, please contact the Program Director Gilles Mongeau, S.J. by email at gil.mongeau@utoronto.ca or the Regis College Registrar Elaine Chu at elaine.chu@utoronto.ca.

Mission

The Diploma in Lonergan Studies offers students an opportunity to gain greater familiarity with the work of Bernard J.F. Lonergan, S.J., and the current development of this thought.

Goals

  • To expose students to the foundational texts of Bernard Lonergan.
  • To place his thought in its proper historical and spiritual context.
  • To help students explore Lonergan's contributions to systematic theology in the Roman Catholic tradition.
  • To foster a dialogue with other disciplines and schools of theology and philosophy.

Program Formats

The Diploma in Lonergan Studies can be taken:

  • In conjunction with either professional, general interest or advanced research programs at Regis College; or
  • as a diploma in the general interest level; or
  • as a diploma in the advanced research level for candidates pursuing the DLS as a post-doctoral program only. Students in the advanced level diploma will comply with all the admission requirements of the Advanced Degree Division of the Toronto School of Theology. Courses taken for a post-doctoral DLS may not be credited towards any other subsequent TST program.

Program Outline

The Diploma in Lonergan Studies is a ten-credit program comprising ten semester course units and a program closure exercise consisting of a synthesis paper demonstrating sufficient familiarity with the work of Bernard Lonergan, and evaluated on a pass/fail basis. Advanced research students must take at least six of their ten sessional course units at the 5000, 6000, or 7000 level. See below for specific requirements.

Core Courses: 3 Units

  • RGT3570/6570Y Insight (2 units)
    • RGT3571/6571H Method in Theology (1 unit)

Pastoral: 1 Unit

  • One semester course unit focusing on the Ignatian spiritual tradition.

Philosophy: 2 Units

  • Two semester course units which focus on either an author of importance to Lonergan, or a field of importance to Lonergan.

Systematics: 3 Units

  • Three semester course units which include a significant focus on the work of Lonergan, to be chosen in dialogue with the Program Director.

Interdisciplinary: 1 Unit

  • One semester course unit which would require the student to enter into dialogue with a different theological or philosophical tradition.

Program Closure Exercise

  • In dialogue with the Program Director, the student submits an extended paper written for one of the courses taken toward the conclusion of the program. The paper demonstrates familiarity with the work of Lonergan, and a successful grasp of the discipline. The paper is reviewed by two faculty members chosen by the program director. It is graded pass/fail and no additional course credit is granted.

Courses Pertaining to Lonergan Studies

Please check the Toronto School of Theology Website to determine which courses are being offered in the current academic year.

Courses Focussed on Lonergan

RGT 3570Y/6570Y: Lonergan’s Insight / Dadosky
RGT 5xxxH: Lonergan’s Trinity: Systematics / Dadosky
RGT 5578H: Lonergan’s Method in Theology / Rixon
SAT 2715H : Introduction to Epistemology / Mulrooney
SMT 5210H: Augustine, Aquinas, Lonergan / Vertin
SMT 5521H: Rahner and Lonergan / Vertin

Courses Using Lonergan

RGT 1101H: Foundations of Theology / Rixon
RGT 2712H: Theology as Biography / Dadosky
RGT 3222H/6222H: God, One and Triune / Mongeau
RGT 3243H/6243H: Christology / Mongeau
RGT 3333H/6333H: Transformative Dynamics of Grace / Rixon
RGT 3410H/6410H: Ecclesiology / Dadosky
RGT 3601H/6601H: Faith and Culture / Dadosky
RGT 3706H: Ignatian Contribution to Contemporary Ecclesiology / Goulding
RGT 5239H: Holy Intimacy: Kenosis / Goulding
RGT 5728H: Philosophy & Theology of Beauty / Dadosky
RLG 3230H: Comparative Theology Seminar / Locklin
SAT 2706H: Introduction to Metaphysics / Mulrooney
SMT 3411H: Theology of the Holy Spirit / Dias
SMT 5211H: God and Evil / Vertin

Courses Related to Lonergan

EMT 5605H: Theological Method and Hermeneutics / Reynolds
RGT 2710H: Introduction to Aquinas / Mongeau
RGT 3551H/6551H: Aquinas: the Summa Contra Gentiles / Mongeau
RGT 3552H/6552H: Aquinas on the Spiritual Life / Mongeau
RGT 3553H/6553H: Aquinas on the Incarnation / Mongeau
RGT 3581H/6581H: Hans Urs von Balthasar / Goulding
RGT 5224H: Interface of Spirituality and Theology / Goulding
RLG 3236H: Religious Pluralism and the Church / Locklin
SAT 1711H: Introduction to Aquinas / Mulrooney
SMT 2433H: Sacramental Life / Dias