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UNINA9910820532803321 |
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Titolo |
Violence, desire, and the sacred : Girard's mimetic theory across the disciplines / / edited by Scott Cowdell, Chris Fleming, and Joel Hodge |
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New York, : Continuum, c2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-4411-6505-3 |
1-283-73616-0 |
1-4411-4689-X |
9781441146892 |
9781283736169 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (313 p.) |
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Collana |
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Violence, desire, and the sacred ; ; volume 1. |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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CowdellScott |
FlemingChris <1970-> |
HodgeJoel |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Violence |
Imitation |
Desire |
Religion |
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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. |
Series statement from publisher's website. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Contributors; Introduction; Part One - Finding Our Bearings; Chapter 1 René Girard, Modernity, and Apocalypse; Desire, rivalry, violence, scapegoating; The deculturing, secularizing gospel; Modern institutions: A stabilizing stopgap; "Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war"; Notes; Part Two - Biblical Studies; Chapter 2 "Like Being Dragged Through a Bush Backwards": Hints of the Shape of Conversion's Adventure; Chapter 3 Finding the Way: How to Study Scripture with the Help of Scripture and the Desert Fathers; Searching the scriptures together |
A word from the fathers: The holy wholly otherThe holy subversive one; A word from the fathers: "I do not understand"; Who shall guide me?; "Beginning with this scripture . . ."; "Beginning with Moses and the |
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prophets . . ."; Renewal of the mind in Christ; Notes; Chapter 4 Sacred Men and Sacred Goats: Mimetic Theory in Levitical and Passion Intertext; Approach; Mimetic theory; Judas and Jesus; Leviticus 16; A typological pair; Conclusion; Notes; Part Three - Theology; Chapter 5 Beyond Locked Doors: The Breath of the Risen One; Johannine "Girardian" texts; The resurrection and natural law |
Paul's historic experienceThe resurrection-an expanding event; The gifts of the Spirit: A Girardian perspective?; A paschal hermeneutics; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 6 Torture and Faith: The Violent Sacred and Christian Resistance in East Timor; A short history of East Timor; The state and the violent sacred; Losing the "Mimetic Battle" and Christian resistance; Notes; Chapter 7 Girard and the Tasks of Theology; Three theological tasks; Girard and Christian apologia; Girard and hermeneutics; Girard and dialogue; Notes; Part Four - Literary Studies |
Chapter 8 René Girard, Jacques Derrida's The Gift of Death, and Salman RushdieExcursus; Notes; Chapter 9 Grace Can Be Violent: Flannery O'Connor's Novelistic Truth; Violence and God; The difficulty of revelation; "Memoir for Mary Ann"; The character of Rayber; Novelistic inconclusivity; Notes; Part Five - History and Political Thought; Chapter 10 Europe and Enmity: How Christianity Can Contribute to a Positive Identity; Parochial altruism and closed societies: Political patterns stemming from the scapegoat mechanism; Europe and enmity |
The need for a new saintliness: Europe's obligation to seek unity in the world without erasing differencesNotes; Chapter 11 Herodian Aspects of the English Reformation Monarchy: Anglican Brutality and Girardian Insight; Herodian monarchs and prelates of the English Reformation; A trail of violence; From Herod to modernity; Notes; Chapter 12 Human Rights: Controlling the Uncontrollable?; Girard's mimetic theory; Case 1: State players; Case 2: The work of NGOs; Case 3: Rights talk; The system and its victims; Critical reflections; Notes; Part Six - Developments and Critiques |
Chapter 13 Hard Evidence for Girardian Mimetic Theory Intersubjectivity and Mirror Neurons( |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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's insights in a variety of fields. Girard's mimetic insight has provided a fruitful way for different disciplines, such as literature, anthropology, theology, religion studies, cultural studies, and philosophy, to engage on common anthropological ground, with a shared understanding of the human person. The |
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