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Rene Girard, Unlikely Apologist

Mimetic Theory and Fundamental Theology [Hardback]

by Grant Kaplan

    • Author

      Grant Kaplan

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      University of Notre Dame Press

    • Published

      October 2016

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      Since the late 1970s, theologians have been attempting to integrate mimetic theory into different fields of theology, yet a distrust of mimetic theory persists in some theological camps. In Rene Girard, Unlikely Apologist: Mimetic Theory and Fundamental Theology, Grant Kaplan brings mimetic theory into conversation with theology both to elucidate the relevance of mimetic theory for the discipline of fundamental theology and to understand the work of Rene Girard within a theological framework. Rather than focus on Christology or atonement theory as the locus of interaction between Girard and theology, Kaplan centers his discussion on the apologetic quality of mimetic theory and the impact of mimetic theory on fundamental theology, the subdiscipline that grew to replace apologetics. His book explores the relation between Girard and fundamental theology in several keys. In one, it understands mimetic theory as a heuristic device that allows theological narratives and positions to become more intelligible and, by so doing, makes theology more persuasive.
      In another key, Kaplan shows how mimetic theory, when placed in dialogue with particular theologians, can advance theological discussion in areas where mimetic theory has seldom been invoked. On this level the book performs a dialogue with theology that both revisits earlier theological efforts and also demonstrates how mimetic theory brings valuable dimensions to questions of fundamental theology.

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      • Author

        Grant Kaplan

      • Book Format

        Hardback

      • Publisher

        University of Notre Dame Press

      • Published

        October 2016

      • Weight

        586g

      • Page Count

        280

      • Dimensions

        153 x 229 x 20 mm

      • ISBN

        9780268100858

      • ISBN-10

        0268100853

      • Eden Code

        4450158

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      • Author/Creator: Grant Kaplan

      • ISBN: 9780268100858

      • Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press

      • Release Date: October 2016

      • Weight: 586g

      • Dimensions: 153 x 229 x 20 mm

      • Eden Code: 4450158


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