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Author Newell, William L

Title Desire in René Girard and Jesus
Published Lanham : Lexington Books, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (242 pages)
Contents Acknowledgments; Introduction: Desiderium in Girard; Part I; 1 The Foundational Murder; 2 Ressentiment Redivivus; 3 Violence, Myth, and the Sacred; 4 Logos in Heraclitus and John; 5 Apocalypse; 6 Christ's Passion; Part II; 7 The Sacrificial Passion; Excursus; Conclusion; Partial Bibliography; Index
Summary Desire in René Girard and Jesus presents a comprehensive analysis of René Girard's work on the origins of culture and the depths of human desire. Girard's hypothesis of mimesis discloses the lack of originality in human desire even as it offers a scientific method for handling religion after two centuries of its absence in the social science
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Girard, René, 1923-2015.
Jesus Christ
SUBJECT Girard, René, 1923-2015 fast
Jesus Christ fast
Subject Desire -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Christianity -- Psychology
PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
Christianity -- Psychology
Desire -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2011053459
ISBN 9780739171103
0739171100
9780739171097
0739171097
9781299733152
1299733158