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Girard and Theology (Paperback)
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Girard and Theology (Paperback)
Series: Philosophy and Theology
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This is a profound introduction to how the work of Rene Girard has
had implications for new theological concepts on atonement and
sacrifice.The work of the French American theorist Rene 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 Sacre" 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 study of great European
literature (notably Proust, Dostoyevsky and Shakespeare) that what
he calls 'mimetic theory' evolved.Mimetic theory is an account of
how religion, culture and violence are interrelated. Its three
principal parts consist of: an assertion of the 'mimetic' (i.e.
imitated or derivative nature of desire); the function of
'scapegoating' as a means of achieving and maintaining social
cohesion; the gospel revelation as the means by which these truths
of the human condition are made known to us. A general introduction
to his work will comprise an exposition of these three parts or
phases in Girard's thinking. In "Girard and Theology", Michael
Kirwan looks at these ideas and their relevance to theology as well
as their reception in the development of 'dramatic theology' and
new theological concepts of atonement and sacrifice."The Philosophy
and Theology" series looks at major philosophers and explores their
relevance to theological thought as well as the response of
theology.
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