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The Palgrave Handbook of Mimetic Theory and Religion draws on the
expertise of leading scholars and thinkers to explore the violent
origins of culture, the meaning of ritual, and the conjunction of
theology and anthropology, as well as secularization, science, and
terrorism. Authors assess the contributions of Rene Girard's
mimetic theory to our understanding of sacrifice, ancient tragedy,
and post-modernity, and apply its insights to religious cinema and
the global economy. This handbook serves as introduction and guide
to a theory of religion and human behavior that has established
itself as fertile terrain for scholarly research and intellectual
reflection.
Treasure Islands is an invaluable guide for parents, teachers,
students, librarians, publishers, booksellers and all who wish
young people to enjoy Scottish stories of quality. Compiled by
teachers, Treasure Islands is the first critical examination of
Scottish children's fiction. As well as handy reviews of 160 books,
it contains suggested age and reading levels and the most
up-to-date bibliographic information. In this comprehensive survey
the emphasis falls naturally on recent work but older fiction is
also included; titles range from 1824 to 2003, from Sir Walter
Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson to Debi Gliori and J. K. Rowling.
Looking for stories set in Edinburgh? How about Diana Hendry's You
Can't Kiss It Better? Or Mollie Hunter's The Spanish Letters? A
novel to accompany a project on Vikings? Try Marion Campbell's The
Wide Blue Road or Naomi Mitchison's The Land the Ravens Found.
Facing problems at home or in school? Read about Solomon in Theresa
Breslin's Whispers in the Graveyard or Molly MacPherson in Jackie
Kay's Strawgirl. Treasure Islands is a must if you want to explore
the best in children's fiction.
This classic book asks what it is to know Jesus. It will enable
thinking Christians to ask new questions about their faith, their
reading of the New Testament, and the theology of redemption.
What do Rowan Williams, Stanley Hauerwas, Rene Girard, Richard
Rohr, Timothy Radcliffe, Monica Furlong, Richard Rohr, Andrew
Sullivan, and Mark Jordan have in common beside their Christian
faith? Answer: the fact that they have all heaped praise on one or
another of James Alison's books. "Intellectual dynamite and
spiritual joy" (Rohr); "wit, clarity, depth and surprises"
(Williams); "deeply moving and liberating" (Radcliffe). Perhaps
James Keenan has put it most memorably: "Not since C.S. Lewis has
an English Christian summoned his readers into such holy
conversations." And Andrew Sullivan has spoken for the community
most touched by Allison's work: "a rich resource for gay Catholics
trying to reconcile their own deep and profound faith with the
hostility of the hierarchy." About half of his new book deals with
lesbian and gay issues, particularly in light of the the latest
Vatican ukase banning gays from seminaries, and the rest with a
variety of tropes central to Christian faith and life:
reconciliation, the Eucharist, psychology and evil, worship in a
violent world. But whatever the topic Alison turns to he writes
with the edgy brilliance of a "break-in" artist who is always full
of surprises.
On Being Liked is the transforming and joyful sequel to Faith
Beyond Resentment, which established James Alison as one of the
most striking, original, and intellectually irresistible voices in
the church. In this book he invites us to let go of a
commomnly-held account of salvation and takes us step-by-step
through a bold adventure of re-imagining the central axis of the
Christian story, not as 'How does God deal with sin?' but as 'How
do we take up God's invitation to sharein the act of creation?'.
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