A Fractured Relationship recognises that Christian faith must speak to each culture it encounters and attempts a philosophical, theological and spiritual dialogue with the culture of the West. Through an examination of the philosophy of three seminal thinkers, Cardinal Newman, Eric Voegelin and Bernard Lonergan, this book proposes a new sociality in the form of an economy of communion to show how the world would be if the Gospel were put into practice. Thomas J. Norris is a lecturer in theology at St Patrick s College, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland.