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Oftentimes encountering Lonergan for the first time can seem like a mixed blessing; there's the joy of discovering a thinker with great potential for one's own work and there's some trepidation in grasping what Lonergan is all about. To help resolve with this tension somewhat, we've put together a few links for those new to Lonergan Studies.
Start Here
A good starting point is to read the first chapter of Kenneth Melchin's book Living with Other People. Click on the book cover to download the pdf file of this chapter.
Melchin lays out some of Lonergan's key insights by working with a thought experiment (imagine that you are lying on a beach!) to identify the basic structure of knowing and doing, facts - values, and horizons of meaning.
General Information
Bernard Lonergan in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy by Tad Dunne
On Lonergan's Transcendental Method by Jeffrey Grace
Lonergan's Method in Ethics by Tad Dunne
On Lonergan's Economics by Bruce Anderson
Lonergan the Person
Matthew Ogilvie, Who Was Bernard Lonergan?
Introduction to the Lonergan Reader
Special Issue of the Journal Compass dedicated to Lonergan
Who was Bernard Lonergan? by Fred Crowe
Research Resources
Lonergan Studies Newsletter On-Line
Full Lonergan Studies Bibilography
Further Reading
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A Commentary on Lonergan's Method in Theology is a paragraph-by-paragraph study of Lonergan's other classic work.
And for a general introduction to Lonergan's work a must have is
Desires of the Human Heart
Edited by Vernon Gregson
Second Edition by the LWS
