{"product_id":"gratia-non-tollit-naturam-technologies-of-the-self-and-the-catholic-constitution-of-time-and-space-9781587319044","title":"Gratia Non Tollit Naturam: Technologies of the Self and the Catholic Constitution of Time and Space","description":"\u003cp\u003e In this short volume, Philipp Rosemann sets out to articulate the structures of Catholic existence in terms adapted from contemporary philosophy. Using a concept from the last works of Michel Foucault, Rosemann focuses on the liturgy as a \"technology of the self.\" Through language, the liturgy \"makes\" the world in which the believer lives. But whereas modern philosophers hold that the human mind imposes its structures upon reality, the liturgical self exists in accordance with a cosmic order that stems from the Word. \u003cbr\u003e If one dialogue partner is Michel Foucault, the other is Joseph Ratzinger, the late Pope Benedict XVI. Although this pairing may seem surprising, two facts suggest its fruitfulness. First, scholars now speak of a \"Christian turn\" in the late Foucault, a thinker often denounced--falsely--as the epitome of philosophical decadence. Second, as one of the leading liturgists of our time, Ratzinger incorporated crucial insights from modern philosophy into his liturgical theology. In relation to Ratzinger, too, some clichés need to be corrected. \u003cbr\u003e In the resulting dialogue between Foucault and Ratzinger, the reader discovers what the specific mode of existence of the \"liturgical subject\" is, and how Catholic time and space are constituted liturgically. In the end, the Thomistic adage \u003ci\u003egratia non tollit naturam\u003c\/i\u003e turns out to be an excellent way of summarizing how the liturgical subject relates to the cosmos: not by destroying it, but by listening to the words of creation and perfecting them. \u003cbr\u003e The University of Dallas Aquinas Lecture for 2024, \u003ci\u003eGratia non tollit naturam\u003c\/i\u003e is published here with an introduction by Fr. James Lehrberger, OCist. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philipp W. Rosemann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Augustine's Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.85h x 4.49w x 0.32d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781587319044","brand":"St. Augustine's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45063239139465,"sku":"9781587319044","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_82f60eb7-691b-4331-a78a-ea68bcd0ee82.jpg?v=1765916265","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/gratia-non-tollit-naturam-technologies-of-the-self-and-the-catholic-constitution-of-time-and-space-9781587319044","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}