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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.
Contents
Contents Introduction Part 1. Mimetic Theory and Religion Neither Dawkins nor Durkheim: On René Girard's Theory of Religion, by Jean-Pierre Dupuy Sacrifice in Hegel and Girard, by Anselm Tilman Ramelow Reason and Revelation: An Important Distinction?, by John Ranieri The Messianic Moment: Bergson and Girard, by Benoît Chantre Girard and Religion in the Age of Secularism, by Otto Kallscheuer Why Rousseau Cannot Laugh: Structuring Motif—"Achever," by Jeremiah Alberg Girard and the Feminist Critique of Religion: Intimate Mediation in Kristeva and Girard, by Martha Reineke Part 2. Mimetic Theory, Christianity, and Interfaith (Interreligious) Dialogue Girard and World Religions: The State of the Question, by Robert J. Daly René Girard and World Religions, by Michael Kirwan The Ambivalence of Interreligious Historiography: Foreign and Domestic Narratives, by Richard Schenk Sacrifice as a Contested Concept between R. Schwager and R. Girard and Its Significance for Interreligious Dialogue, by Nikolaus Wandinger The Abrahamic Revolution, by Wolfgang Palaver The "Hellenic" Rationality of Interreligious Dialogue: René Girard, Simone Weil, and Pope Benedict XVI, by Ann Astell Part 3. Rivalry, Sacrifice, and World Religions Burning Desires, Burning Corpses: Girardian Reflections on Fire in Hinduism and Buddhism, by Brian Collins Girard and Hindu Sacrifice, by Noel Sheth The Roots of Violence: Society and the Individual in Buddhism and Girard, by Jacob Dalton and Alexander von Rospatt Religious Sacrifice, Social Scapegoating, and Self-Justification, by Ted Peters Judaism and the Exodus from Archaic Religion: Reading René Girard among the World Religions, by Sandor Goodhart Tawhid: The Oneness of God and the Desire for the Good, by Adam Ericksen Islam: Law and Violence (and Nonviolence), by Rüdiger Lohlker Girard and the Analogy of Desire, by James Alison Contributors Index
