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, and 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.
By:
Randall S. Rosenberg
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 153mm,
Spine: 17mm
Weight: 460g
ISBN: 9781487523671
ISBN 10: 148752367X
Series: Lonergan Studies
Pages: 286
Publication Date: 11 September 2018
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Primary
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Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Acknowledgements INTRODUCTION PART ONE: DE LUBAC, RESSOURCEMENT, AND NEO-THOMISM CHAPTER 1: De Lubac’s Lament: Loss of the Supernatural CHAPTER 2: Ressourcement and Neo-Thomism: A Narrative under Scrutiny, A Dialogue Renewed PART TWO: A LONERGAN RETRIEVAL: PURE NATURE TO CONCRETE SUBJECT CHAPTER 3: The Erotic Roots of Intellectual Desire CHAPTER 4: Concretely-Operating Nature: Lonergan on the Natural Desire to See God CHAPTER 5: Being-in-Love and the Desire for the Supernatural: Erotic-Agapic Subjectivity PART III: MIMETIC DESIRE, MODELS OF HOLINESS, AND THE LOVE OF DEVIATED TRANSCENDENCE CHAPTER 6: Incarnate Meaning and Mimetic Desire: Saints and the Desire for God CHAPTER 7: The Metaphysics of Holiness and the Longing for God in History: Thérèse of Lisieux and Etty Hillesum CHAPTER 8: Distorted Desire and the Love of Deviated Transcendence CONCLUSION
Randall S. Rosenberg is an assistant professor in the Department of Theological Studies at Saint Louis University.
Reviews for The Givenness of Desire: Concrete Subjectivity and the Natural Desire to See God
'This volume is a valuable resource for any scholar interested in the desire for self-transcendence and the natural desire for God.' - J.M. Meinert - Choice Magazine vol 55:05:2018
