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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807944703321

Autore

Kirwan Michael

Titolo

Girard and theology [[electronic resource] /] / Michael Kirwan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : T & T Clark, 2009

ISBN

1-282-86855-1

9786612868559

0-567-49606-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (172 p.)

Collana

Philosophy and theology

Disciplina

203.4

Soggetti

Philosophical theology

Religion and culture

Sacrifice

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; 1 Introduction: 'The man on the train'; 2 René Girard: Life and work; 3 The mimetic theory of René Girard; 4 The Innsbruck connection: Dramatic theology; 5 A theological 'anthropophany'; 6 The drama of salvation; 7 'Painting pictures on clouds': The metaphors of atonement; 8 Girard and the Bible; 9 Political theology; 10 Views from the South; 11 Girard and the religions; 12 Girard and the theologians; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The work of the French American theorist René Girard (b.1923) has been highly influential in a wide variety of intellectual disciplines. One enthusiastic reviewer in Le Monde suggested that the year 1972 (when La Violence et le Sacré was published) should be marked with an asterisk in the annals of the humanities, including literature, theology and religious studies. There is a paradox here insofar as Girard is, strictly speaking, neither a philosopher nor a theologian. He was trained as a historian, but spent most of his academic career as a teacher of French literature. It is out of his stud