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Informationen zum Autor Ryan G. Duns is a Jesuit priest and assistant professor of theology at Marquette University. T. Derrick Witherington is the director of liturgy for Gesu Parish and adjunct lecturer of theology at Marquette University. Klappentext René Girard, Theology, and Pop Culture provides a fresh and engaging introduction to and the application of René Girard's mimetic theory. From movies to social media, television to graphic novels, the contributors explore popular culture's theological depths and challenge readers to consider what culture reveals about them. Zusammenfassung René Girard, Theology, and Pop Culture provides a fresh and engaging introduction to and the application of René Girard’s mimetic theory. From movies to social media, television to graphic novels, the contributors explore popular culture’s theological depths and challenge readers to consider what culture reveals about them. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Mimesis, Mean Girls, and the Culture Creating Them: Tina Fey's Interrogation of Teen Comedy Brian Bajek Chapter 2: Star Wars: Between Myth and Gospel Erik Buys Chapter 3: Desire, the Scapegoated Other, and J.J. Abrams' The Force Awakens John C. McDowell Chapter 4: Girard's Lasso of Truth: Wonder Woman and the Overcoming of Satan Stephanie Perdew Chapter 5: Those Who Have Eyes to See: The Divine Origins of the Modern Plot Twist Jordan Almanzar Chapter 6: Gazing into a Mirror: Watching Hoarders with Girard Ryan G. Duns Chapter 7: From the Hermeneutic of Violence to Redemption: The 100 and Mimetic Theory Paolo Diego Bubbio Chapter 8: Mercy, Honor, and Girardian Conversion in The Karate Kid and Cobra Kai Ryan Smock Chapter 9: The Pleasures and Perils of Revenge: Sons of Anarchy and Girard George A. Dunn Chapter 10: Exorcising Blame Through A Contract with God: A Girardian Analysis of Will Eisner's Graphic Novel Daniel DeForest London Chapter 11: Unmasking the Theological Shell: A Girardian Reading of Jonathan Hickman's Secret Wars Matthew Brake Chapter 12: From Autonomy to Annihilation: The Monstrous Truth of the Romantic Lie Robert Grant Price Chapter 13: Subtweeting in the End Times: Social Media and the Escalation to Extremes Justin Lee Chapter 14: Starving for Beauty: On Anorexia and Mimetic Desire Anna Scanlon Chapter 15: From #MeToo to #WeToo: Mimetic Ecclesiology and the Possibility of Structural Reform T. Derrick Witherington ...
