The Priority of Interior Life: Berdyaev and Lonergan in Dialogue on Democracy

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the priority of interior life for democracy, imagining a dialogue between Nicolai Berdyaev and Bernard Lonergan. My claim is that Berdyaev and Lonergan converge on the same perspective, while affirming that only a subject who considers the spiritual life a...

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Main Author: Zaccaron, Francesca (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2025
In: Religions
Year: 2025, Volume: 16, Issue: 3
Further subjects:B Communion
B cosmopolis
B Democracy
B Conversion
B Interiority
B Community
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Summary:The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the priority of interior life for democracy, imagining a dialogue between Nicolai Berdyaev and Bernard Lonergan. My claim is that Berdyaev and Lonergan converge on the same perspective, while affirming that only a subject who considers the spiritual life as the source of her own life and actions and is open to conversion, is able to collaborate with others in building what Lonergan calls a cosmopolis, which represents a core aspect of democracy.
ISSN:2077-1444
Contains:Enthalten in: Religions
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.3390/rel16030308