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Girard's mimetic theory across the disciplines /

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�...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Cowdell, Scott, Fleming, Chris, 1970-, Hodge, Joel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Continuum, ©2012.
Colección:Violence, desire, and the sacred ; [1]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.