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Mimetic Theory and World Religions
Edited by Wolfgang Palaver, Edited by Richard Schenk
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Those who anticipated the demise of religion and the advent of a peaceful, secularized global village have seen the last two decades confound their predictions. René Girard’s mimetic theory is a key to understanding the new challenges posed by our world of resurgent violence and pluralistic cultures and traditions. Girard sought to explain how the Judeo-Christian narrative exposes a founding murder at the origin of human civilization and demystifies the bloody sacrifices of archaic religions. Meanwhile, his book Sacrifice, a reading of conflict and sacrificial resolution in the Vedic Brahmanas, suggests that mimetic theory’s insights also resonate with several non-Western religious and spiritual traditions. This volume collects engagements with Girard by scholars of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism and situates them within contemporary theology, philosophy, and religious studies.
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Publisher | Michigan State University Press
Published date | 1 Nov 2017
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 478
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 0mm (L x W x H)
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ISBN | 978-1-6118-6262-1
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