02811nam 2200625Ia 450 991080794470332120230721013709.01-282-86855-197866128685590-567-49606-6(CKB)2670000000058141(EBL)601818(OCoLC)682540819(SSID)ssj0000437144(PQKBManifestationID)11287048(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000437144(PQKBWorkID)10429645(PQKB)11186429(MiAaPQ)EBC601818(Au-PeEL)EBL601818(CaPaEBR)ebr10427211(CaONFJC)MIL286855(EXLCZ)99267000000005814120090316d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGirard and theology[electronic resource] /Michael KirwanLondon T & T Clark20091 online resource (172 p.)Philosophy and theologyDescription based upon print version of record.0-567-03226-4 0-567-03227-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexThe 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 studEveryman's library.Theology & philosophy.Philosophical theologyReligion and cultureSacrificePhilosophical theology.Religion and culture.Sacrifice.203.4Kirwan Michael1675590MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807944703321Girard and theology4041188UNINA