{"id":4931,"date":"2025-04-01T13:40:44","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T17:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/?p=4931"},"modified":"2025-04-01T13:40:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T17:40:44","slug":"university-libraries-podcast-the-ambiguity-of-being-lonergan-and-the-problems-of-the-supernatural-with-jonathan-heaps-ph-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/2025\/04\/university-libraries-podcast-the-ambiguity-of-being-lonergan-and-the-problems-of-the-supernatural-with-jonathan-heaps-ph-d\/","title":{"rendered":"University Libraries Podcast: \u201cThe Ambiguity of Being, Lonergan and the Problems of the Supernatural,\u201d With Jonathan Heaps, Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are happy to announce the latest installment of the University Libraries podcast series entitled:\u00a0<em>Zet Forward<\/em>. This podcast entitled: \u201cThe Ambiguity of Being Lonergan and the Problems of the Supernatural,\u201d with guest scholar Jonathan Heaps, Ph.D.<\/p>\n<p>This broadcast features Director of the Bernard J. Lonergan Institute, Center for Catholic Studies and Adjunct Professor in the Core Curriculum, Dr. Jonathan Heaps. For more information on Dr. Heaps and his accomplishments visit his <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shu.edu\/profiles\/heapsjon.html\">Professional Homepage<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4933\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/files\/2025\/04\/heaps-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"331\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This work features expert perspective by Dr. Heaps. As his publisher noted that the content found within this book provides insights whereby . . . \u201cThe debate in Catholic theology over the relationship between the natural and the supernatural has only occasionally engaged with Bernard Lonergan\u2019s philosophical and theological contributions on the topic.\u00a0<em>The Ambiguity of Being<\/em>\u00a0argues that more detailed engagement with Lonergan\u2019s work implies an oversight in both the 20th- and 21st-century debates.\u00a0<em>Ambiguity<\/em>\u00a0argues the controversy has failed to notice how the problem of the natural and the supernatural is, in fact,\u00a0<em>two<\/em>\u00a0problems.\u00a0<em>Ambiguity<\/em>\u00a0takes both problems in their widest sense to be about action\u2014both divine and human . . . <em>Ambiguity<\/em>\u00a0argues at length the modern problem cannot be reduced to, nor an answer deduced from its medieval, metaphysical partner because the modern problem of the supernatural\u2014what is God doing in human action?\u2014is a\u00a0<em>hermeneutical\u00a0<\/em>problem that calls out for a\u00a0<em>hermeneutical\u00a0<\/em>answer.\u00a0<em>Ambiguity<\/em>\u00a0sketches a heuristic for what a fully adequate answer to this question would require, suggesting a radical re-conception of modern theology\u2019s scope.<\/p>\n<p>You can find this podcast at:<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/zetforward.podbean.com\/e\/episode-13-the-ambiguity-of-being-lonergan-and-the-problems-of-the-supernatural-with-jonathan-heaps-phd\/\">Podcast @ Seton Hall University<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Further details connected to this work can be found via the <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cuapress.org\/9780813238043\/the-ambiguity-of-being\/\">Catholic University of America Press<\/a><\/strong><\/span> homepage. A physical volume of <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/shu.locate.ebsco.com\/instances\/31950d85-d19e-53dd-9856-e2c64a9da8ba?facets=sourceTypes%5B%5D%3Dbook&amp;option=keyword&amp;query=heaps\"><strong>The Ambiguity of Being : Bernard Lonergan and the Problems of the Supernatural<\/strong><\/a><\/span><strong>,<\/strong> is ready for circulation and can be found within the Main Collection of the University Libraries, specifically within the Faculty Publications section (Call #: BX891.3.H39 2023) located on the Second Floor of Walsh Library.<\/p>\n<p><em>Zet Forward<\/em>\u00a0is a podcast to celebrate authors and other individuals who are involved with projects for the benefit of Seton Hall University and the wider world.\u00a0 The series began in February of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>For additional information please feel free to contact us via e-mail via the <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">University Libraries\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Homepage.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4779\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/files\/2024\/12\/zet-foward-podcast-logo-2024d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"233\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are happy to announce the latest installment of the University Libraries podcast series entitled:\u00a0Zet Forward. This podcast entitled: \u201cThe Ambiguity of Being Lonergan and the Problems of the Supernatural,\u201d with guest scholar Jonathan Heaps, Ph.D. This broadcast features Director of the Bernard J. Lonergan Institute, Center for Catholic Studies and Adjunct Professor in the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/2025\/04\/university-libraries-podcast-the-ambiguity-of-being-lonergan-and-the-problems-of-the-supernatural-with-jonathan-heaps-ph-d\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;University Libraries Podcast: \u201cThe Ambiguity of Being, Lonergan and the Problems of the Supernatural,\u201d With Jonathan Heaps, Ph.D.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":4932,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[158],"tags":[576,575,574,195,372],"class_list":["post-4931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","tag-ambiguity-of-being","tag-bernard-lonergan","tag-jonathan-heaps","tag-podcast","tag-zet-forward"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/290"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4931"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4936,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4931\/revisions\/4936"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}