The Palgrave Handbook of Mimetic Theory and Religion

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxvii
 General Introduction  (James Alison, Wolfgang Palaver)....Pages 1-7
Front Matter ....Pages 9-9
 Introduction  (James Alison, Paul Dumouchel)....Pages 11-12
 An Essay on Hominization: Current Theories, Girardian–Darwinian Approaches  (Paul Dumouchel)....Pages 13-19
 The Emergence of Human Consciousness in a Religious Context  (Pierpaolo Antonello)....Pages 21-29
 Freud, Moses and Monotheism, and the Conversation Between Mimetic Theory and Psychoanalysis  (Kathryn M. Frost)....Pages 31-37
 Kristeva and the Question of Origins  (Martha J. Reineke)....Pages 39-44
 Girard and Burkert: Hunting, Homo Necans, Guilt  (Wolfgang Palaver)....Pages 45-52
 Vengeance and the Gift  (Mark R. Anspach)....Pages 53-59
 Mesoamerican Civilizations and Sacrifice  (Miguel Rolland)....Pages 61-67
 Çatalhöyük, Archaeology, Violence  (Christopher J. Knüsel, Bonnie Glencross)....Pages 69-75
Front Matter ....Pages 77-77
 Introduction  (Wolfgang Palaver, Thomas Ryba)....Pages 79-83
 Lévi-Strauss and Girard on Mythology and Ritual  (Lucien Scubla)....Pages 85-93
 The Axial Moment and Its Critics: Jaspers, Bellah, and Voegelin  (Stephen Gardner)....Pages 95-101
 Monotheism and the Abrahamic Revolution: Moving Out of the Archaic Sacred  (Wolfgang Palaver)....Pages 103-109
 The Eastern Revolution: From the Vedas to Buddhism, Jainism, and the Upanishads  (Brian Collins)....Pages 111-117
 The Classical World: Sacrifice, Philosophy, and Religion  (Nidesh Lawtoo)....Pages 119-126
 The Transition from Orality to Writing: Mimetic Theory and Religion  (Phil Rose)....Pages 127-133
 Biblical Interpretation: Old and New Testaments, a New Hermeneutic(s)?  (Robert J. Daly)....Pages 135-141
 Theological Inversions: Raymund Schwager, Robert G. Hamerton-Kelly, and James G. Williams  (Mathias Moosbrugger)....Pages 143-150
 Oedipus and Greek Tragedy  (Sandor Goodhart)....Pages 151-157
 Nietzsche, Dionysos, and the Crucified  (James G. Williams)....Pages 159-165
Front Matter ....Pages 167-167
 Introduction  (James Alison, Martha J. Reineke)....Pages 169-172
 An Epistemology of Revelation  (John Ranieri)....Pages 173-178
 Approaches to Atonement: How Girard Changes the Debate  (S. Mark Heim)....Pages 179-184
 Original Sin, Positive Mimesis  (Petra Steinmair-Pösel)....Pages 185-192
 Embodiment and Incarnation  (Scott Cowdell)....Pages 193-200
 Eucharist and Sacrifice: The Transformation of the Meaning of Sacrifice Through Revelation  (James Alison)....Pages 201-207
 Girard and Augustine  (Thomas Ryba)....Pages 209-216
 Raymund Schwager: Dramatic Theology  (Nikolaus Wandinger)....Pages 217-224
 American Protestant Reception of Mimetic Theory: 1986–2015  (Michael Hardin)....Pages 225-232
 James Alison’s Theological Appropriation of Girard  (John P. Edwards)....Pages 233-239
 Levinas and the Prophetic Current  (Sandor Goodhart)....Pages 241-248
 Mysticism, Girard, and Simone Weil  (Ann Astell)....Pages 249-255
 From the Sacred to the Holy in the World’s Religions: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism  (Vanessa J. Avery)....Pages 257-263
Front Matter ....Pages 265-265
 Introduction  (Paul Dumouchel, William A. Johnsen)....Pages 267-269
 Secularization  (Jean-Pierre Dupuy)....Pages 271-277
 The Barren Sacrifice  (Paul Dumouchel)....Pages 279-285
 The Economy as the Opium of the People  (Bernard Perret)....Pages 287-294
 “The Carnal Mind Rebels”: The Unravelling Logic of the Salem Witch Hunt  (David Dawson)....Pages 295-301
 Mimetic Theory, Religion, and Literature as Secular Scripture  (William A. Johnsen)....Pages 303-309
 The Development of the Self  (Paolo Diego Bubbio)....Pages 311-318
 Modern Pathologies and the Displacement of the Sacred  (Emanuele Antonelli)....Pages 319-325
 Ressentiment and the Turn to the Victim: Nietzsche, Weber, Scheler  (Stefano Tomelleri)....Pages 327-334
 René Girard and Charles Taylor: Complementary Engagements with the Crisis of Modernity  (Wolfgang Palaver)....Pages 335-342
 Secularization Revisited: Tocqueville, Asad, Bonhoeffer, Habermas  (Scott Cowdell)....Pages 343-350
Front Matter ....Pages 351-351
 Introduction  (Jeremiah Alberg, Wolfgang Palaver)....Pages 353-355
 The Return of Religion  (Jeremiah Alberg)....Pages 357-361
 Mimetic Theory and the Katēchon  (Michael Kirwan)....Pages 363-369
 Hӧlderlin and Heidegger: Which God Will Save Us?  (Cyril O’Regan)....Pages 371-377
 “The Apocalypse Has Begun”: Ivan Illich and René Girard on Anti-christ  (David Cayley)....Pages 379-385
 Weak Faith  (Frederiek Depoortere)....Pages 387-393
 Terrorism and Religion  (Elisabetta Brighi)....Pages 395-402
 Apocalypse: Hope Against All Hope  (Bruce K. Ward)....Pages 403-410
 Enlightened Doomsaying  (Wilhelm Guggenberger)....Pages 411-417
Front Matter ....Pages 419-419
 Introduction  (Paul Dumouchel)....Pages 421-422
 The New Atheism: Dawkins, Harris, Hitchens  (Grant Kaplan)....Pages 423-430
 Scientific Evidence for the Foundational Role of Psychological Mimesis  (Scott Garrels)....Pages 431-438
 Cognitive Neuroscience and Religion  (Warren S. Brown)....Pages 439-446
 Generative Anthropology  (Eric Gans)....Pages 447-453
 Critiques of Girard’s Mimetic Theory  (Trevor Cribben Merrill)....Pages 455-461
 A Theory of Everything? A Methodological Tale  (Paul Dumouchel)....Pages 463-469
 Mimetic Theory and Self-criticism  (Jean-Marc Bourdin)....Pages 471-477
Front Matter ....Pages 479-479
 Introduction  (Andrew McKenna, Sheelah Treflé Hidden)....Pages 481-483
 Scandal  (Jeremiah Alberg)....Pages 485-491
 Terrorism and the Escalation of Violence  (Duncan Morrow)....Pages 493-500
 Religious Conflicts in the Contemporary World  (Vern Neufeld Redekop)....Pages 501-508
 Modern Confessional Movements  (Kris Rocke)....Pages 509-516
 Mimetic Insights into the Sacred in Film  (Joel Hodge)....Pages 517-523
 Resurgent Religious Themes in Contemporary Film  (Chris Fleming)....Pages 525-530
 Pastoral Outreach and Community Living  (Adam Ericksen)....Pages 531-536
Back Matter ....Pages 537-549