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Titolo |
René Girard and creative reconciliation / / edited by Vern Neufeld Redekop and Thomas Ryba |
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (426 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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RedekopVern Neufeld <1949-> |
RybaThomas |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Reconciliation |
Reconciliation - Religious aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: FORGIVENESS, RESPONSIBILITY, AND BLESSING; 1 Mimetic Desire, Aphetic Mimesis, and Reconciliation as the Nexus of "Letting Go" and "Turning Around"; 2 The Self and Other People; 3 Dialogue; 4 Blessing-Based Reconciliation in the Face of Violence; II: THEOLOGY OF FRIENDSHIP, PEACE, AND NON-VIOLENCE; 5 Towards a Theology of Friendship in the "Global Village"; 6 Clashing Minorities, Converging Majorities; 7 The Creative Non-Violent Approach of Walter Wink; 8 Improvising the Practice of Nonresistance as Creative Mimesis |
III: RETHINKING GIRARDIAN CONCEPTS9 René Girard and the Symbolism of Religious Sacrifice; 10 Psychology, Hermeneutic Philosophy, and Girardian Thought; 11 Rethinking Girardian Reconciliation; IV: RECONCILIATION IN CONTEXT; 12 Seeding Reconciliation in a Theater of War; 13 Changing Trajectory; 14 There Is a Crack in Everything. . . .; 15 Reconciliation as Resistance; 16 Mimesis, Residential Schools, and Reconciliation; 17 Bosnia's Children Born of War; 18 "We Forgive and Ask Forgiveness"; 19 From Fracturing Resemblances to Restorative Differences; Conclusion; Index; About the Contributors |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The contribution of this book to the field of reconciliation is both theoretical and practical, recognizing that good theory guides effective |
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practice and practice is the ground for compelling theory. Using a Girardian hermeneutic as a starting point, a new conceptual Gestalt emerges in these essays, one not fully integrated in a formal way but showing a clear understanding of some of the challenges and possibilities for dealing with the deep divisions, enmity, hatred, and other effects of violence. |
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