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."

List of contents

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

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By Randall S. Rosenberg

Summary

In The Givenness of Desire, Randall S. Rosenberg examines the human desire for God through the lens of Lonergan’s "concrete subjectivity."

Product details

• Authors: Randall S Rosenberg, Randall S. Rosenberg, Randall S Rosenberg S.
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781487523671
• ISBN: 978-1-4875-2367-1
• No. of pages: 286
• Series: Lonergan Studies; Lonergan Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works