LC02　Hermeneutics and Church Documents (2 credits)

Lecturer: Seán Ó CEARBHALLÁIN

Description:

This course will deal with the general discipline of hermeneutics, of which Biblical Hermeneutics is a special area.  This will entail some consideration of method in theology and of theological methods, in order to situate a more general doctrine of hermeneutics in the overall theological enterprise of the Church.  From this derives the application of a faith-led hermeneutic to the task of interpreting Church Developments.

Reference:

1. BROWN R.E., "Hermeneutics" in Jerome Biblical Commentary, n.71. (New Jersey: Prentice-Hall Inc., 1968)

2. BROWN R.E. & SCHNEIDERS S.M., "Hermeneutics" in New Jerome Biblical Commentary, n.71. (New Jersey: Prentice-Hall Inc., 1990)

3. GADAMER H-G., Truth and Method. (New York: The Seabury Press, 1975)

4. LONERGAN B. J. F. & Others, Collection (Papers by Bernard Lonergan S.J.), edited by  F. E. Crowe S.J. (New York: Herder and Herder, 1967): Selected relevant papers.

5. LONERGAN B. J. F., Insight: a study of human understanding.  (London: Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd., 1975) 5th ed., revised and augmented, vol. 3 in Crowe, F. E. and Doran, R. M. (eds) Collected Works of Bernard Lonergan. (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1992): selected relevant sections.

6. LONERGAN B. J. F., A Second Collection (Papers by Bernard Lonergan S.J.), edited by William F. J. Ryan S.J. and Bernard J. Tyrrell S.J. (London: Darton, Longman & Todd, 1974): selected relevant papers.

7. LONERGAN B. J. F., A Third Collection (Papers by B. J. F. Lonergan S. J.), ed. by Frederick E. Crowe S.J. (New York, Mahwah: Paulist Press; London: Geoffrey Chapman, 1985): selected relevant papers.

Note:

Not offered this year