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    • Author

      Revd Michael Kirwan (heythrop College, University Of London, Uk)

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

    • Published

      February 2009

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    Girard 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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    • Author

      Revd Michael Kirwan (heythrop College, University Of London, Uk)

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

    • Published

      February 2009

    • Weight

      209g

    • Page Count

      160

    • Dimensions

      138 x 211 x 16 mm

    • ISBN

      9780567032270

    • ISBN-10

      0567032272

    • Eden Code

      1240457

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    • Author/Creator: Revd Michael Kirwan (heythrop College, University Of London, Uk)

    • ISBN: 9780567032270

    • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

    • Release Date: February 2009

    • Weight: 209g

    • Dimensions: 138 x 211 x 16 mm

    • Eden Code: 1240457


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