Table of Contents

Part I Introduction 1. Theology's Bickering Handmaids
2. Biography
3. Mimetic Theory

Part II Theological Themes in Girard's Work
4. Revelation and Conversion 1978-2003: From Things Hidden to "Evolution and Conversion"
5. A Theological Anthropology of Desire
6. Sacrifice and Atonement
7. Reading Biblical Texts
8. Political Theology

Part III The Theological Reception of Mimetic Theory
9. Girard in Europe: The Dramatic Theology Project (Innsbruck)
10. Girard in the US
11. The Views from the South
12. Against Girard: The Theological Objections

Bibliography
Index

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A profound introduction to how the work of Rene Girard has had implications for new theological concepts on atonement and sacrifice.

About the Author

Dr Michael Kirwan SJ is Head of Theology at Heythrop College in the University of London, UK.