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

"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...

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Main Author: Rosenberg, Randall S. ca. 21. Jh. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Toronto Buffalo London University of Toronto Press 2017
In:Year: 2017
Series/Journal:Lonergan studies
IxTheo Classification:KDB Roman Catholic Church
Further subjects:B Lonergan, Bernard J. F Criticism and interpretation
B Desire
B Lonergan, Bernard J. F Criticism and interpretation Lonergan, Bernard J. F.
B PHILOSOPHY / Religious
B RELIGION ; Christianity ; General
B RELIGION ; Christian Theology ; Systematic
B Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc
B PHILOSOPHY ; Religious
B Lonergan, Bernard J. F
B Subjectivity
B Electronic books
B Natural Theology
B God
B Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Parallel Edition:Print version: Rosenberg, Randall S: Givenness of desire. - Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2017
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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."--
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
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
ISBN:1487510713