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"In Guides for the Journey David Creamer has produced a rare book
in its clarity and its passion. It is rare in that it provides the general
reader and
[Excerpts from a review of Guides for the Journey by Brian Ruttan (Professor of Divinity, Trinity College, University of Toronto) in University of Toronto Quarterly (Vol. 67, No. 1, Winter 1997-98), pp. 275-76.] |
Guides for the Journey: John Macmurray, Bernard Lonergan,
James Fowler
David G. Creamer, S.J. (Lanham, MD: University Press
of America, Inc., 1996)
[ISBN 0-7618-0182-0]
Guides for the Journey: John Macmurray, Bernard Lonergan, James Fowler, is an introduction to the lives and thought of these three significant thinkers. Over the past several years I have begun to use the thought of John Macmurray, Bernard Lonergan, and James W. Fowler in each of my university courses. Students are interested in all three. In my teaching and workshops I am often asked to suggest articles or books that are suitable introductions for the non specialist. There really aren't any! I think Macmurray, Lonergan, and Fowler are helpful in interpreting our lives and the world in which we live them at this juncture in human history. Their thought ought to be more generally accessible.
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I have written with my students in mind (undergraduates and graduate students) as well as those adults who have attended workshops and lectures I have given over the years. I will use the book as a textbook! After an introductory chapter, I have two chapters on each thinker (one on their life and one on their thought) and end with a chapter that draws together the points of congruence in their approaches. I am not presuming a familiarity with Philosophy or the meaning of technical terms used (because I did not want to interrupt the flow of the text I have provided a glossary). I use direct quotations from Macmurrray, Lonergan, and Fowler in my presentation to give the reader a flavour for their styles. Because it is my hope that readers will want to go deeper I have included endnotes as guides for further reading as well as a comprehensive bibliography and index.
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