| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 286 pages) |
| Series |
Violence, desire, and the sacred ; [1] |
| Contents |
René Girard, modernity, and apocalypse / Scott Cowdell -- "Like being dragged through a bush backwards" : hints of the shape of conversion's adventure / James Alison -- Finding the way : how to study Scripture with the help of Scripture and the desert fathers / Draško Dizdar -- Sacred men and sacred goats : mimetic theory in levitical and passion intertext / Debra Anstis -- Beyond locked doors : the breath of the Risen One / Anthony J. Kelly -- Torture and faith : the violent sacred and Christian resistance in East Timor / Joel Hodge -- Girard and the tasks of theology / Kevin Lenehan -- René Girard, Jacques Derrida's The gift of death, and Salman Rushdie / Vijay Mishra -- Grace can be violent : Flannery O'Connor's novelistic truth / Jeremiah Alberg -- Europe and enmity : how Christianity can contribute to a positive identity / Wolfgang Palaver -- Herodian aspects of the English Reformation monarchy : Anglican brutality and Girardian insight / Ivan Head -- Human rights : controlling the uncontrollable? / Peter Stork -- Hard evidence for Girardian mimetic theory? Intersubjectivity and mirror neurons / Scott Cowdell -- Nietzsche, the last atheist / Chris Fleming and John O'Carroll -- Is all desire mimetic? Lonergan and Girard on the nature of desire and authenticity / Neil Ormerod |
| Summary |
Violence, Desire and the Sacred presents the most up-to-date inter-disciplinary work being developed with the ground-breaking insights of René Girard's mimetic theory. The collection showcases the work of outstanding scholars in mimetic theory and how they are applying and developing Girard's insights in a variety of fields. Girard's mimetic insight has provided a fruitful way for different disciplines, such as literature, anthropology, theology, religion studies, cultural studies, and philosophy, to engage on common anthropological ground, with a shared understanding of the human person. The |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Girard, René, 1923-2015
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| SUBJECT |
Girard, René, 1923-2015 fast |
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Violence.
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Imitation.
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Desire.
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Religion.
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Violence
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Imitative Behavior
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Religion
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violence.
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religion (discipline)
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Desire
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Imitation
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Religion
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Violence
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cowdell, Scott
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Fleming, Chris, 1970-
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Hodge, Joel
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| ISBN |
144114689X |
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9781441146892 |
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