The Givenness of Desire : Concrete Subjectivity and the Natural Desire to See God / Randall S. Rosenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosenberg, Randall S., author.

Series:

Lonergan studies.

Lonergan Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lonergan, Bernard J. F. (Bernard Joseph Francis), 1904-1984--Criticism and interpretation.

Lonergan, Bernard J. F.

Subjectivity.

Desire.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages) : 1 illustration, 1 chart; digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

University of Toronto Press 2017

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

text file PDF

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 Rene 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, Rene 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.

"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 Rene⁺ѓ 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, Rene⁺ѓ 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

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 : Therese of Lisieux and Etty Hillesum

Distorted desire and the love of deviated transcendence.

The metaphysics of holiness and the longing for God in history : The⁺ѓre⁺ђse of Lisieux and Etty Hillesum

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Aug 2018)

ISBN:

1-4875-1072-1

1-4875-1470-0

1-4875-1071-3

OCLC:

1054880046

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access