Lonergan, Bernard J. F. (1904-1984)
Dates
- Existence: 1904 - 1984
Biographical Note
Jesuit philosopher, theologian and author. Bernard Joseph Francis Lonergan was born in Quebec, Canada in 1904, entered the Society of Jesus in 1922, and was ordained a priest in 1936. He received degrees from University of London (BA 1930) and Gregorian University (Licentiate in Sacred Theology 1937; Sacrae Theologiae Doctor 1945). He wrote numerous articles and a dozen books including Insight: A Study of Human Understanding (1957) and Method in Theology (1972). Over the course of his career, he taught at L'Immaculee-Conception, Regis College, Gregorian University, and Harvard Divinity before his final faculty position at Boston College, where he worked from 1975 until his retirement in 1983. Lonergan received many awards: The Catholic Theological Society's Spellman award (1949) and John Courtney Murray Award (1973); American Catholic Philosophical Association's Aquinas Award (1970); and Companion of the Order of Canada. Lonergan died in 1984.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Boston College Lonergan Institute records
Composed of materials related to 20th-century Jesuit theologian and Boston College professor Bernard Lonergan, SJ, and the workshop series and center established at Boston College in honor of his work. Includes Lonergan Workshop brochures and flyers, ephemera from the inauguration of the Lonergan Center at Boston College, and obituaries, tributes, and a mass program honoring Lonergan at the time of his death in 1984.
Collection is open for research.