Contributors Foreword Paul Dumouchel Introduction Joel Hodge, Scott Cowdell, and Chris Fleming Mimesis, Violence, and the Sacred: An Overview of the Thought of René Girard Chris Fleming Part 1: Politics 1. Abolition or Transformation? The Political Implications of René Girard’s Theory of Sacrifice Wolfgang Palaver 2. Sacrifice in the Democratic Age: Rivalry and Crisis in Recent Australian Politics Joel Hodge 3. Mimetic Theory and Hermeneutic Communism Paolo Diego Bubbio 4. War on Terror: The Escalation to Extremes Sarah Drews Lucas 5. Scapegoating the Guilty: Girard and International Criminal Law Nathan Kensey Part 2: Cultural and Textual Analysis 6. The Scapegoating of Cheerleading and Cheerleaders Emma A. Jane 7. “Things Hidden”: On Shame, Violence, and Concealment in Autobiography Rosamund Dalziell 8 “That False Paradise”: Desire, Sacrifice, and the American Dream in Jeffrey Eugenides’ The Virgin Suicides Carly Osborn Part 3: Theology 9. Hearing the Cry of the Poor: René Girard and St. Augustine on the Psalms Ann W. Astell 10. Sacrifice, Pagan and Christian Robert J. Daly SJ 11. Living Faithfully “Where Danger Threatens”: Christian Discernment According to John Cassian and René Girard Kevin Lenehan Part 4: Psychology 12. A Psychologist Venturing Across an Interdisciplinary Bridge to Mimetic Theory and Its Applications Marie R. Joyce 13. Internet Offenders as Girardian Scapegoats Bruce A. Stevens Part 5: Applied Mimetic Theory 14. A Girardian Reading of the Evagrian “Eight Kinds of Evil Thoughts” Draško Dizdar 15. Forsaking Our Violent Ways: A Girardian Reflection on the Sermon on the Mount as a Path to a New Social Order Peter Stork 16. Girard’s Interdividual Psychology Applied to Pastoral Leadership in Churches Bruce Wilson 17. Ecclesial Roots of Clergy Sexual Abuse: A Girardian Reflection Scott Cowdell 18. Practical Reflections on Nonviolent Atonement Michael Hardin Glossary of Key Girardian Terms Further Reading Index
State of the art interpretations of Rene Girard's theory and its relation to fields as diverse as politics, national literature, pastoral care and peace-making
State of the art interpretations of Rene Girard's theory and its relation to fields as diverse as politics, national literature, pastoral care and peace-making
Scott Cowdell is Associate Professor and Research Fellow in Public and Contextual Theology at Charles Sturt University, Australia, Canon Theologian of the Canberra-Goulburn Anglican Diocese, and Founding President of the Australian Girard Seminar. Chris Fleming is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Anthropology at the University of Western Sydney, Australia. His is the author of Violence and Mimesis (2004) and is current Vice-President of the Australian Girard Seminar. Joel Hodge is Lecturer in Systematic Theology at Australian Catholic University, Australia. He is the author of Resisting Violence and Victimisation: Christian Faith and Solidarity in East Timor (2012) and is current Treasurer and Secretary of the Australian Girard Seminar.
Chris Fleming's call in 2004 to take up René Girard's research
programme has been convincingly answered by The Australian Girard
Seminar and their distinguished guests. Volume Two of Violence,
Desire, and the Sacred is important to anyone working in mimetic
theory and a persuasive model for those who would productively
integrate interdisciplinary researchers.
*William A. Johnsen, Professor of Twentieth-century British
Literature, Michigan State University, USA, and editor of
Contagion: The Journal of The Colloquium on Violence and
Religion*
A half century after René Girard introduced the world to mimetic
theory with a series of ground-breaking works on desire, rivalry,
scapegoating, and sacrifice, Violence, Desire, and the
Sacred—Volume Two, offers powerful testimony that mimetic theory
continues to flourish. Following in the footsteps of Girard, whose
explorations span the humanities and social sciences, the
contributors to this interdisciplinary collection demonstrate how
mimetic theory continues to illuminate a broad range of phenomena
in areas such as politics, cultural studies, psychology, and
literature. Including incisive analyses by well-known Girardian
scholars as well as innovative and engaging commentaries by a new
generation of researchers, this second volume builds on the promise
of the first. Featuring theoretical perspectives as well as
practical applications of mimetic theory, the essays in this
collection demonstrate that mimetic theory remains a vital resource
for all those who seek not only to understand the violence that
imperils human existence but also to break its hold. Like a richly
textured fabric, Violence, Desire, and the Sacred—Volume Two
attracts and holds our interest, whether we examine the compelling
pattern of the whole or focus on each vibrant thread.
*Martha J. Reineke, Professor of Religion, University of Northern
Iowa, USA*
In a variety of approaches this collection explains, expounds,
expands, criticizes, and, significantly, applies René Girard's
mimetic theory. The reader comes away not only with a renewed
appreciation of mimetic theory's vitality and versatility, but also
with new eyes for reading the Psalms and American dystopian
literature, for seeing the ecclesial sex abuse crisis and
Australian politics, for looking at the war on terror and the
scapegoating of cheerleaders. Very impressive.
*Jeremiah Alberg, Professor of Philosophy and Religion,
International Christian University, Japan*
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