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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: John Raymaker , Ijaz DurraniPublisher: University Press of America Imprint: University Press of America Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.363kg ISBN: 9780761865124ISBN 10: 0761865128 Pages: 176 Publication Date: 26 December 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: Putting Climate Change Issues and Lonergan’s Method in Perspective Bernard Lonergan’s Approach to Collaborative Networking: Universal Values in the Face of Our Environmental and Other Crises; Toward Possible Solutions Historical Background to Insight’s Cognitional Theory: Its Originality and Importance Method in Theology’s Eight Functional Specialties (FS) and Its Two Phases How MiT’s Diphase Eight FS Can Open Up New Horizons in Climate Studies Rationale behind Method in Theology’s Eight FS Being Treated within the Two Phases Part II: Analyzing Our Present Climate Crises with a View to Sketch a Remedy First Functional Specialty: Research and Gathering Relevant Data on Climate Change Second Functional Specialty: Analyzing and Interpreting the Data on Climate Changes Third Functional Specialty: Historical Perspectives on Climate Changes: Some Implications Fourth Functional Specialty: Dealing with the Implications of Climate Changes: The Strategic Roles of Operators, Dialectic, Wisdom, and Ethics The Pivotal Notion of “Complementarity” in Lonergan: Transition to Part III Part III: Seeking Effective Ways to Remedy Impending Disasters Caused by Climate Changes (By Way of the Mediated Phase’s Last Four Functional Specialties) Monstrous Storms and a Need for Far-Reaching Remedies: A GEM-FS Key Fifth Functional Specialty: Reinstating the Foundations Neglected by Many Sixth Functional Specialty: Policies for Implementing Universal Values Today Seventh Functional Specialty: Dealing with Systemic Shortcomings in Caring for Our Climates Climate Changes and Conflicts If the Changes Become Too Great to Reverse—Some Proposals Eighth Functional Specialty: Sharing Human Universal Values across the Divides Postscript Appendix I: GEM Conjugates: How They Rethink Galileo Appendix II: GEM Conjugates: How They Rethink Aristotle Appendix III: The Notion of Judgment in Newman and Lonergan Appendix IV: How Monsanto Is Planning to Profit from Climate Changes Appendix V: Summarizing Notions of the Cosmic Common Good in Aquinas and Scheid Appendix VI: Multinational Corporations (MNC’s) Appendix VII: Monsanto and Reaching Climate Danger Threshold by 2036 BibliographyReviewsAuthor InformationJohn Raymaker holds a PhD in interdisciplinary social ethics. He has spent many years in Japan, working at the Oriens Institute for Religious Research and studying Buddhism. He has published on social ethics, Christian-Buddhist relations, and world spiritualties. Ijaz Durrani is a scholar of Plasma Physics with more than four decades of teaching and research experience. He has published a number of books on physics both internationally and within Pakistan. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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