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Zusatztext This superbly-edited collection addresses the key issues in mimetic theory for this century! all of which require the interdisciplinary approach followed here. Readers who have been following the resurgent interest in René Girard's work will recognize the names of James Alison! Wolfgang Palaver! Jeremiah Alberg and Chris Fleming. To the centers already known at Stanford! Paris and Innsbruck! which generate scholarship and attract fellow researchers as students and colleagues! we must now add The Australian Girard Seminar. Informationen zum Autor Scott Cowdell is Research Professor in Public and Contextual Theology at Charles Sturt University, Australia, and Canon Theologian of the Canberra-Goulburn Anglican Diocese. He is the author of René Girard and Secular Modernity (2013) and President of the Australian Girard Seminar. Chris Fleming is Associate Professor in Philosophy and Anthropology at Western Sydney University, Australia. He is the author of René Girard: Violence and Mimesis (2004) and Vice-President of the Australian Girard Seminar. Joel Hodge is Senior Lecturer in Systematic Theology at Australian Catholic University, Australia. He is the author of Resisting Violence and Victimisation: Christian Faith and Solidarity in East Timor (2012) and co-editor of the series, Violence, Desire, and the Sacred . Zusammenfassung Showcases the application of René Girard's mimetic theory across a range of disciplines, including philosophy, religious studies, literature and cultural studies. Inhaltsverzeichnis ForewordAnn AstellContributorsIntroductionScott Cowdell! Joel Hodge and Chris FlemingPart I: Finding Our Bearings1. René Girard! Modernity! and ApocalypseScott CowdellPart II: Biblical Studies2. "Like Being Dragged Through a Bush Backwards": Hints of the Shape of Conversion's AdventureJames Alison3. Finding the Way: How to Study Scripture with the Help of Scripture and the Desert FathersDrasko Dizdar4. Sacred Men and Sacred Goats: Mimetic Theory in Levitical and Passion IntertextDebra AnstisPart III: Theology5. Beyond Locked Doors: The Breath of the Risen OneAnthony J. Kelly! CSsR6. Torture and Faith: The Violent Sacred and Christian Resistance in East TimorJoel Hodge7. Girard and the Tasks of TheologyKevin LenehanPart IV: Literary Studies8. René Girard! Jacques Derrida's The Gift of Death! and Salman RushdieVijay Mishra9. Grace Can Be Violent: Flannery's O'Connor's Novelistic TruthJeremiah AlbergPart V: History and Political Thought10. Europe and Enmity: How Christianity Can Contribute to a Positive IdentityWolfgang Palaver11. Herodian Aspects of the English Reformation Monarchy: Girardian Insights into Unacknowledged Brutality Ivan Head12. Human Rights: Controlling the Uncontrollable?Peter StorkPart VI: Developments and Critiques13. Hard Evidence for Girardian Mimetic Theory? Intersubjectivity and Mirror NeuronsScott Cowdell14. Nietzsche! the Last AtheistChris Fleming and John O'Carroll15. Is All Desire Mimetic? Lonergan and Girard on the Nature of Desire and AuthenticityNeil OrmerodGlossary of Key Girardian TermsSome Further ReadingIndex ...
