| The Givenness of Desire: Concrete Subjectivity and the Natural Desire to See God Contributor(s): Rosenberg, Randall S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1487500319 ISBN-13: 9781487500313 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $84.55 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Religious - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Religion | Religion, Politics & State |
| Series: Lonergan Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.3" W x 9.2" (1.20 lbs) 288 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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, 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Rosenberg, Randall S.: - Randall S. Rosenberg is an assistant professor in the Department of Theological Studies at Saint Louis University. |