éch al . ▁ ▁This ▁method ▁begins ▁with ▁an ▁analysis ▁of ▁human ▁knowing ▁as ▁divided ▁into ▁three ▁levels ▁– ▁experience , ▁understanding , ▁and ▁judgment ▁– ▁and , ▁by ▁stress ing ▁the ▁object ivity ▁of ▁judgment ▁more ▁than ▁Kant ▁had ▁done , ▁develop s ▁a ▁Thom istic ▁vision ▁of ▁Being ▁as ▁the ▁goal ▁of ▁the ▁dynamic ▁open ness ▁of ▁the ▁human ▁spirit . ▁ ▁Method ▁in ▁The ology ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 3 , ▁L on er gan ▁published ▁Method ▁in ▁The ology , ▁which ▁div ides ▁the ▁discipline ▁into ▁eight ▁" function al ▁special ties ." ▁Method ▁is ▁a ▁phenomen on ▁which ▁applies ▁across ▁the ▁board ▁in ▁all ▁discipl ines ▁and ▁real ms ▁of ▁conscious ness . ▁Through ▁his ▁work ▁on ▁method , ▁L on er gan ▁aim ed , ▁among ▁other ▁things , ▁to ▁establish ▁a ▁firm ▁basis ▁for ▁agreement ▁and ▁progress ▁in ▁discipl ines ▁such ▁as ▁philosophy ▁and ▁the ology . ▁L on er gan ▁believed ▁that ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁an ▁agreed ▁method ▁among ▁sch ol ars ▁in ▁such ▁fields ▁has ▁in hib ited ▁substant ive ▁agreement ▁from ▁being ▁reached ▁and ▁progress ▁from ▁being ▁made , ▁whereas ▁in ▁the ▁natural ▁sciences , ▁for ▁example , ▁w ides p read ▁agreement ▁among ▁sch ol ars ▁on ▁the ▁scientific ▁method ▁has ▁enabled ▁remarkable ▁progress . ▁The ▁chapter ▁on ▁" Rel ig ious ▁Comm it ment " ▁in ▁Method ▁in ▁The ology ▁was ▁delivered ▁in ▁a ▁lecture ▁at ▁The ▁Vill an ova ▁University ▁Sym pos ium ▁and ▁published ▁in : ▁The ▁Pil