LEADER 05771nam 2200757Ia 450 001 9910786497503321 005 20230801225311.0 010 $a1-4411-6505-3 010 $a1-283-73616-0 010 $a1-4411-4689-X 010 $a9781441146892$b(electronic bk.) 010 $a9781283736169$b(MyiLibrary) 035 $a(CKB)2670000000278260 035 $a(EBL)1164375 035 $a(OCoLC)836400633 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000757232 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12265490 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000757232 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10753456 035 $a(PQKB)10145081 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1164375 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000278260 100 $a20120724d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aViolence, desire, and the sacred$b[electronic resource] $eGirard's mimetic theory across the disciplines /$fedited by Scott Cowdell, Chris Fleming, and Joel Hodge 210 $aNew York $cContinuum$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (313 p.) 225 1 $aViolence, desire, and the sacred ;$vvolume 1. 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 300 $aSeries statement from publisher's website. 311 $a1-62892-568-X 311 $a1-4411-9401-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTitle; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Contributors; Introduction; Part One - Finding Our Bearings; Chapter 1 Rene? 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 327 $aA 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 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 327 $aPaul'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 327 $aChapter 8 Rene? 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 327 $aThe 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 327 $aChapter 13 Hard Evidence for Girardian Mimetic Theory Intersubjectivity and Mirror Neurons( 330 $aViolence, Desire and the Sacred presents the most up-to-date inter-disciplinary work being developed with the ground-breaking insights of Rene? Girard's mimetic theory. The collection showcases the work of outstanding scholars in mimetic theory and how they are applying and developing Girard's insights in a variety of fields. Girard's mimetic insight has provided a fruitful way for different disciplines, such as literature, anthropology, theology, religion studies, cultural studies, and philosophy, to engage on common anthropological ground, with a shared understanding of the human person. The 410 0$aViolence, desire, and the sacred ;$vv. 1. 517 3 $aGirard's mimetic theory across the disciplines 606 $aViolence 606 $aImitation 606 $aDesire 606 $aReligion 615 0$aViolence. 615 0$aImitation. 615 0$aDesire. 615 0$aReligion. 676 $a153.8 701 $aCowdell$b Scott$01505569 701 $aFleming$b Chris$f1970-$01568813 701 $aHodge$b Joel$01568814 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bCaOLU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786497503321 996 $aViolence, desire, and the sacred$93841209 997 $aUNINA