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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463055703321

Autore

Newell William Lloyd

Titolo

Desire in Rene Girard and Jesus [[electronic resource] /] / William Lloyd Newell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2012

ISBN

0-7391-7110-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 p.)

Disciplina

194

Soggetti

Christianity - Psychology

Desire - Religious aspects - Christianity

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.