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Book/Printed Material The givenness of desire : concrete subjectivity and the natural desire to see God

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Title

  • The givenness of desire : concrete subjectivity and the natural desire to see God

Summary

  • "In The Givenness of Desire, Randall S. Rosenberg examines the human desire for God through the lens of Lonergan's "concrete subjectivity." Rosenberg engages and integrates two major scholarly developments: the tension between Neo-Thomists and scholars of Henri de Lubac over our natural desire to see God and the theological appropriation of the mimetic theory of René Girard, with an emphasis on the saints as models of desire. With Lonergan as an integrating thread, the author engages a variety of thinkers, including Hans Urs von Balthasar, Jean-Luc Marion, René Girard, James Alison, Lawrence Feingold, John Milbank, among others. The theme of concrete subjectivity helps to resist the tendency of equating too easily the natural desire for being with the natural desire for God without at the same time acknowledging the widespread distortion of desire found in the consumer culture that infects contemporary life. The Givenness of Desire investigates our paradoxical desire for God that is rooted in both the natural and supernatural."-- Provided by publisher.

Names

  • Rosenberg, Randall S, author

Created / Published

  • Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2017.

Contents

  • De Lubac's lament : loss of the supernatural -- Ressourcement and neo-Thomism : a narrative under scrutiny, a dialogue renewed -- The erotic roots of intellectual desire -- Concretely operating nature : Lonergan on the natural desire to see God -- Being-in-love and the desire for the supernatural : erotic-agapic subjectivity -- Incarnate meaning and mimetic desire : saints and the desire for God -- The metaphysics of holiness and the longing for God in history : Thérèse of Lisieux and Etty Hillesum -- Distorted desire and the love of deviated transcendence.

Headings

  • -  Lonergan, Bernard J. F.--(Bernard Joseph Francis),--1904-1984--Criticism and interpretation
  • -  Desire
  • -  God
  • -  Natural theology
  • -  Subjectivity

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 electronic resource (xii, 273 pages)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BX4705.L75

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2019666868

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  • Unrestricted online access

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Chicago citation style:

Rosenberg, Randall S, Author. The givenness of desire: concrete subjectivity and the natural desire to see God. Toronto ; Buffalo ; London: University of Toronto Press, 2017. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2019666868/.

APA citation style:

Rosenberg, R. S. (2017) The givenness of desire: concrete subjectivity and the natural desire to see God. Toronto ; Buffalo ; London: University of Toronto Press. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2019666868/.

MLA citation style:

Rosenberg, Randall S, Author. The givenness of desire: concrete subjectivity and the natural desire to see God. Toronto ; Buffalo ; London: University of Toronto Press, 2017. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2019666868/>.