Violence, desire, and the sacred [[electronic resource] ] : Girard's mimetic theory across the disciplines / / edited by Scott Cowdell, Chris Fleming, and Joel Hodge |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Continuum, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (313 p.) |
Disciplina | 153.8 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
CowdellScott
FlemingChris <1970-> HodgeJoel |
Collana | Violence, desire, and the sacred |
Soggetto topico |
Violence
Imitation Desire Religion |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4411-6505-3
1-283-73616-0 1-4411-4689-X 9781441146892 9781283736169 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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 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( |
Altri titoli varianti | Girard's mimetic theory across the disciplines |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910511494703321 |
New York, : Continuum, c2012 | ||
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Violence, desire, and the sacred [[electronic resource] ] : Girard's mimetic theory across the disciplines / / edited by Scott Cowdell, Chris Fleming, and Joel Hodge |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Continuum, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (313 p.) |
Disciplina | 153.8 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
CowdellScott
FlemingChris <1970-> HodgeJoel |
Collana | Violence, desire, and the sacred |
Soggetto topico |
Violence
Imitation Desire Religion |
ISBN |
1-4411-6505-3
1-283-73616-0 1-4411-4689-X 9781441146892 9781283736169 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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 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( |
Altri titoli varianti | Girard's mimetic theory across the disciplines |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786497503321 |
New York, : Continuum, c2012 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Violence, desire, and the sacred : Girard's mimetic theory across the disciplines / / edited by Scott Cowdell, Chris Fleming, and Joel Hodge |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Continuum, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (313 p.) |
Disciplina | 153.8 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
CowdellScott
FlemingChris <1970-> HodgeJoel |
Collana | Violence, desire, and the sacred |
Soggetto topico |
Violence
Imitation Desire Religion |
ISBN |
1-4411-6505-3
1-283-73616-0 1-4411-4689-X 9781441146892 9781283736169 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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 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( |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820532803321 |
New York, : Continuum, c2012 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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