Editor's Preface

James Duffy

What did Lonergan have in mind while laying out the structure of dialectic? Could the procedure be at the heart of mediating “between a cultural matrix and the significance and role of religion in that matrix”? This volume presents the results of five dialectic exercises that began in the spring of 2019. They mark a beginning and a possible turning point. The preface links the significance of the procedure to the spontaneous question of a little girl who would like to hear the story of everything.