How Long to Read The Divine Initiative

How Long Does it Take to Read The Divine Initiative?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 53 minutes to read The Divine Initiative by J. Michael Stebbins

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Bernard Lonergan spent much of his early career grappling with Thomas Aquinas' monumental effort at 'thinking out the Christian universe.' What he learned from Aquinas reinforced the basis of a theological paradigm whose main lines would remain intact throughout all of his subsequent work. The Divine Initiative explores Lonergan's comprehensive position on the doctrines of grace and providence formulated in his early writings, paying particular attention to the unpublished treatise De ente supernaturali (On Supernatural Being). J. Michael Stebbins' investigation uncovers a theological synthesis of remarkable assimilative capacity. A key to Lonergan's position is his sophisticated understanding of the structured but dynamic process that characterizes the order of the created universe. Lonergan characterizes grace as a particular instance of God's providential activity in human living and in the cosmos as a whole. On the strength of his inquiries into Aquinas' positions on the meaning of causality, free will, sin, and divine transcendence, Lonergan explains why God's governance of all created activity is compatible with the contingence of created events in general and with human freedom in particular. Lonergan's conclusions are made possible by his insistence that the elements of Thomist metaphysics are grounded in corresponding activities of human cognitional process.

How long is The Divine Initiative?

The Divine Initiative by J. Michael Stebbins is 399 pages long, and a total of 103,341 words.

This makes it 135% the length of the average book. It also has 126% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Divine Initiative Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 24 minutes to read The Divine Initiative aloud.

What Reading Level is The Divine Initiative?

The Divine Initiative is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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