Systematically

In today’s episode, we begin by sharing our favorite movie quotes, referencing a true statistical anomaly: a movie where (spoiler alert!) Sean Bean does not die. The discussion then pivots to Lonergan’s distinction between classical and statistical intelligibilities, especially as it is employed in a forthcoming article co-authored by Jon and Neil Ormerod. Jon gives us a teaser of this article, explaining how the complementarity of classical and statistical investigations might provide a helpful foundation for exploring the word “normal” and its implications for a metaphysical analysis of gender, sexual identity, cultural meaning, and ethics. We then discuss the necessity of distinguishing the respective aims and operations of dogmatic and systematic theology, highlighting the unique and important role speculative theology plays in navigating theological reflection. Ryan shares his Treasures Old and New, and then we say goodbye. Brian is off defending his dissertation in Toronto (second spoiler alert: he passes!), but he will be back soon. Thanks for listening.

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TITLES NAMED IN MAIN SEGMENT

Butler, Judith. Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity. Routledge Classics Edition. New York: Routledge, 2006.

Doran, Robert M. Theology and the Dialectics of History. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1990.

Heaps, Jonathan and Ormerod, Neil. “Statistically Ordered: Gender, Sexual Identity, and the Metaphysics of ‘Normal.’” Theological Studies. March, 2019. At Press.

Lonergan, Bernard J.F. “Dimensions of Meaning.” In Collection: Papers by Bernard J.F. Lonergan, edited by Frederick E. Crowe and Robert M. Doran, 232–45. Collected Works of Bernard Lonergan, Volume 4. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1993.

Lonergan, Bernard J.F. Grace and Freedom: Operative Grace in the Thought of St. Thomas Aquinas. Edited by Frederick E. Crowe and Robert M. Doran. Collected Works of Bernard Lonergan, Volume 1. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000.

Lonergan, Bernard J.F. Insight: A Study of Human Understanding. Edited by Frederick E. Crowe and Robert M. Doran. 5th Edition. Collected Works of Bernard Lonergan, Volume 3. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1992.

Lonergan, Bernard J.F. Method in Theology. Edited by Robert M. Doran and John D. Dadosky. Collected Works of Bernard Lonergan, Volume 14. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2017.

Milbank, John. Being Reconciled: Ontology and Pardon. Radical Orthodoxy. London: Routledge, 2003.

“TREASURES OLD AND NEW”

Coakley, Sarah. God, Sexuality, and the Self: An Essay “On the Trinity.” Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Gilson, Etienne. Being and Some Philosophers. Second Edition. Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 2016.

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In this episode, we preview our first guest-introduction question and Jon tells a truly embarrassing story about having a rat-tail as a grown man. Then we dive into a discussion of how to think about the relationship between clergy and lay people, the institution and the community, and between the present and the eschatological realizations of the Church. Brian leads us off with reference to Joe Komonchak's lecture, *Who Are The Church*, before Ryan takes us on a tour of Robert Doran's *Theology and the Dialectics of History* to help us introduce some more general notions of how communities develop, sustain themselves, and sometimes break down. Towards the end, we consider how to make sense of the special status of the Church vis-a-vis its mission in history and how to think about instances where the Church seems corrupted by the very thing it is meant to address in society at large. Robyn shares her Treasures Old and New and then we say goodbye! Thanks for listening.

TITLES NAMED IN MAIN SEGMENT

Balthasar, Hans Urs von. “Who Is the Church?” In Explorations in Theology, Vol. 2: Spouse of the Word, 143–92. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1991.

Doran, Robert M. Theology and the Dialectics of History. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1990.

Komonchak, Joseph A. Who Are the Church? Milwaukee: Marquette University Press, 2008.

Lonergan, Bernard J.F. Insight: A Study of Human Understanding. Edited by Frederick E. Crowe and Robert M. Doran. 5th Edition. Collected Works of Bernard Lonergan, Volume 3. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1992.

Lonergan, Bernard J.F. Method in Theology. Edited by Robert M. Doran and John D. Dadosky. Collected Works of Bernard Lonergan, Volume 14. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2017.

“TREASURES OLD AND NEW”

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm. Theodicy: Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man, and the Origin of Evil. Translated by E.M. Huggard. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017.

Neiman, Susan. Evil in Modern Thought: An Alternative History of Philosophy. Reissue edition. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2015.

Voltaire. Candide. Digireads.com, 2016.

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“14 Ghosts II” is used under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license. We would like to thank Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails for the use of this track.

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In the first, "preview" episode of Systematically, we do some introductions and then settle into a discussion of the conceptual and moral questions around forgiveness. Then we recommend way too many books. Show notes below:

TITLES NAMED IN MAIN SEGMENT

Derrida, Jacques. “To Forgive: The Unforgivable and the Imprescriptible.” In Questioning God, edited by John Caputo, Mark Dooley, and Michael Scanlon. 21-51. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2001.

Derrida, Jacques. “On Forgiveness,” in On Cosmopolitanism and Forgiveness. New York: Routledge, 2001.

Heaps, Jonathan. “Tweeting the Impossible Forgiveness: Some Resources from Continental Philosophy for Thinking about Charleston, Mercy, and Social Media.” The Other Journal 25 (2015): 77-83. http://theotherjournal.com/2015/11/09/tweeting-the-impossible- forgiveness-some-resources-from-continental-philosophy-for-thinking-about-charleston- mercy-and-social-media/.

Lonergan, Bernard J.F. Insight: A Study of Human Understanding. Edited by Frederick E. Crowe and Robert M. Doran. 5th Edition. Collected Works of Bernard Lonergan, Volume 3. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1992.

Lonergan, Bernard J.F. Method in Theology. Edited by Robert M. Doran and John D. Dadosky. Collected Works of Bernard Lonergan, Volume 14. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2017.

Ricoeur, Paul. Memory, History, Forgetting. Translated by Kathleen Blamey and David Pellauer. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2009.

Volf, Miroslav. Free of Charge: Giving and Forgiving in a Culture Stripped of Grace. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2006.

Walsh, J. P. M. The Mighty from Their Thrones: Power in Biblical Tradition. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2004.

“TREASURES OLD AND NEW”

Blondel, Maurice. Action: Essay on a Critique of Life and a Science of Practice. Translated by Oliva Blanchette. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame, 1984.

Boersma, Hans. Seeing God: The Beatific Vision in Christian Tradition. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2018.

Byrne, Patrick H. The Ethics of Discernment: Lonergan’s Foundations for Ethics. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2017.

Kirk, Kenneth E. Vision of God. New edition. Ingram Publisher Services, 2001.

Peguy, Charles. The Portal of the Mystery of Hope. Translated by David Louis Schindler Jr. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2005.

Our theme music is “14 Ghosts II” by Nine Inch Nails, available at https://archive.org/details/nineinchnails_ghosts_I_IV

“14 Ghosts II” is used under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike license. We would like to thank Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails for the use of this track.

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