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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.
Introduction
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
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