Empowering Climate-Change Strategies with Bernard Lonergan's Method

John 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.

• IntroductionPart I: Putting Climate Change Issues and Lonergan’s Method in PerspectiveBernard Lonergan’s Approach to Collaborative Networking: Universal Values in the Face of Our Environmental and Other Crises; Toward Possible SolutionsHistorical Background to Insight’s Cognitional Theory: Its Originality and ImportanceMethod in Theology’s Eight Functional Specialties (FS) and Its Two PhasesHow 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 PhasesPart II: Analyzing Our Present Climate Crises with a View to Sketch a RemedyFirst Functional Specialty: Research and Gathering Relevant Data on Climate ChangeSecond Functional Specialty: Analyzing and Interpreting the Data on Climate ChangesThird Functional Specialty: Historical Perspectives on Climate Changes: Some ImplicationsFourth Functional Specialty: Dealing with the Implications of Climate Changes: The Strategic Roles of Operators, Dialectic, Wisdom, and EthicsThe Pivotal Notion of “Complementarity” in Lonergan: Transition to Part IIIPart 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 KeyFifth Functional Specialty: Reinstating the Foundations Neglected by ManySixth Functional Specialty: Policies for Implementing Universal Values TodaySeventh Functional Specialty: Dealing with Systemic Shortcomings in Caring for Our ClimatesClimate Changes and Conflicts If the Changes Become Too Great to Reverse—Some ProposalsEighth Functional Specialty: Sharing Human Universal Values across the DividesPostscriptAppendix I: GEM Conjugates: How They Rethink GalileoAppendix II: GEM Conjugates: How They Rethink AristotleAppendix III: The Notion of Judgment in Newman and LonerganAppendix IV: How Monsanto Is Planning to Profit from Climate ChangesAppendix V: Summarizing Notions of the Cosmic Common Good in Aquinas and ScheidAppendix VI: Multinational Corporations (MNC’s)Appendix VII: Monsanto and Reaching Climate Danger Threshold by 2036Bibliography