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Part I&nbsp; <p>VIOLENT ORIGINS</p>

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<p>Chapter 1. Introduction</p>

<p>James Alison and Paul Dumouchel</p>

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<p>Chapter 2</p>

<p>An Essay on Hominization: Current Theories, Girardian-Darwinian Approaches<b></b></p>

<p>Paul Dumouchel</p>

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<p>Chapter 3</p>

<p>The Emergence of Human Consciousness in a Religious Context</p>

<p>Pierpaolo Antonello</p>

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<p>Chapter 4</p>

<p>Freud, <i>Moses and Monotheism</i>, and the Conversation between Mimetic Theory and Psychoanalysis</p>

<p>Kathryn M. Frost</p>

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<p>Chapter 5</p>

<p>Kristeva and the Question of Origins</p>

<p>Martha J. Reineke</p>

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<p>Chapter 6</p>

<p>Girard and Burkert: Hunting, <i>Homo Necans</i>, Guilt</p>

<p>Wolfgang Palaver</p>

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<p>Chapter 7</p>

<p>Vengeance and the Gift</p>

<p>Mark R. Anspach</p>

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<p>Chapter 8</p>

<p>Mesoamerican Civilizations and Sacrifice</p>

<p>Miguel Rolland</p>

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<p>Chapter 9</p>

<p>Çatalhöyük, Archaeology, Violence </p>

<p>Christopher J. Knüsel and Bonnie Glencross</p>

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<p>Part II</p>

<p>FROM RITES TO WRITING</p>

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<p>Chapter 10. Introduction</p>

<p>Wolfgang Palaver and Thomas Ryba</p>

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<p>Chapter 11</p>

<p>Lévi-Strauss and Girard on Myth and Ritual</p>

<p>Lucien Scubla</p>

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<p>Chapter 12</p>

<p>The Axial Moment and Its Critics: Jaspers, Bellah, and Voegelin</p>

<p>Stephen Gardner</p>

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<p>Chapter 13 </p>

<p>Monotheism and the Abrahamic Revolution: Moving Out of the Archaic Sacred</p>

<p>Wolfgang Palaver</p>

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<p>Chapter 14</p>

<p>The Eastern Revolution: From the Vedas to Buddhism, Jainism, and the Upanishads</p>

<p>Brian Collins</p>

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<p>Chapter 15</p>

<p>The Classical World:&nbsp; Sacrifice, Philosophy, and Religion</p>

<p>Nidesh Lawtoo</p>

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<p>Chapter 16</p>

<p>The Transition from Orality to Writing: Mimetic Theory and Religion</p>

<p>Phil Rose</p>

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<p>Chapter 17</p>

<p>Biblical Interpretation: Old and New Testaments, a New Hermeneutic(s)?</p>

<p>Robert J. Daly</p>

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<p>Chapter 18</p>

<p>Theological Inversions: Raymund Schwager, Robert G. Hamerton-Kelly, and James G. Williams</p>

<p>Mathias Moosbrugger</p>

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<p>Chapter 19</p>

<p>Oedipus and Greek Tragedy</p>

<p>Sandor Goodhart</p>

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<p>Chapter 20</p>

<p>Nietzsche, Dionysos, and the Crucified</p>

<p>James G. Williams</p>

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<p>Part III</p>

<p>THEOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY</p>

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<p>Chapter 21. Introduction</p>

James Alison and Martha Reineke<p></p>

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<p>Chapter 22</p>

<p>An Epistemology of Revelation </p>

<p>John Ranieri</p>

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<p>Chapter 23</p>

<p>Approaches to Atonement: How Girard Changes the Debate</p>

<p>S. Mark Heim</p>

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<p>Chapter 24</p>

<p>Original Sin, Positive Mimesis</p>

<p>Petra Steinmair-Pösel</p>

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<p>Chapter 25</p>

<p>Embodiment and Incarnation</p>

<p>Scott Cowdell</p>

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<p>Chapter 26</p>

<p>Eucharist and Sacrifice: the Transformation of the Meaning of Sacrifice through Revelation</p>

<p>James Alison</p>

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<p>Chapter 27</p>

<p>Girard and Augustine </p>

<p>Thomas Ryba</p>

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<p>Chapter 28</p>

<p>Raymund Schwager: Dramatic Theology</p>

<p>Nikolaus Wandinger</p>

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<p>Chapter 29</p>

<p>American Protestant Reception of Mimetic Theory: 1986-2015</p>

<p>Michael Hardin</p>

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<p>Chapter 30</p>

<p>James Alison’s Theological Appropriation of Girard</p>

<p>John P. Edwards</p>

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<p>Chapter 31</p>

<p>Levinas and the Prophetic Current</p>

<p>Sandor Goodhart</p>

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<p>Chapter 32</p>

<p>Mysticism, Girard, and Simone Weil</p>

<p>Ann Astell </p>

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<p>Chapter 33</p>

<p>From the Sacred to the Holy in the World’s Religions: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism</p>

<p>Vanessa J. Avery</p>

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<p>Part IV</p>

<p>SECULARIZATION AND MODERNITY</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>Chapter 34. Introduction</p>

<p>Paul Dumouchel and William A. Johnsen</p>

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<p>Chapter 35</p>

<p>Secularization</p>

<p>Jean-Pierre Dupuy</p>

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<p>Chapter 36</p>

<p>The Barren Sacrifice</p>

<p>Paul Dumouchel</p>

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<p>Chapter 37</p>

<p>The Economy as the Opium of the People&nbsp; </p>

<p>Bernard Perret</p>

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<p>Chapter 38</p>

<p>“The Carnal Mind Rebels”: Christianity and the Witch Hunt </p>

<p>David Dawson</p>

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<p>Chapter 39</p>

<p>Mimetic Theory, Religion, and Literature as Secular Scripture </p>

<p>William A. Johnsen</p>

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<p>Chapter 40</p>

<p>The Development of the Self</p>

<p>Paolo Diego Bubbio</p>

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<p>Chapter 41<b></b></p>

<p>Modern Pathologies and the Displacement of the Sacred</p>

<p>Emanuele Antonelli</p>

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<p>Chapter 42</p>

<p>Ressentiment and the Turn to the Victim: Nietzsche, Weber, Scheler</p>

<p>Stefano Tomelleri</p>

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<p>Chapter 43</p>

<p>René Girard and Charles Taylor: Complementary Engagements with the Crisis of Modernity</p>

<p>Wolfgang Palaver</p>

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<p>Chapter 44</p>

<p>Secularization Revisited: Tocqueville, Asad, Bonhoeffer, Habermas</p>

<p>Scott Cowdell</p>

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<p>Part V</p>

<p>APOCALYPSE, POST-MODERNITY, AND THE RETURN OF RELIGION</p>

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<p>Chapter 45 Introduction</p>

<p>Wolfgang Palaver and Jeremiah Alberg</p>

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<p>Chapter 46</p>

<p>The Return of Religion</p>

<p>Jeremiah Alberg</p>

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<p>Chapter 47</p>

<p>Mimetic Theory And The <i>Katēchon</i></p><i> <p>Michael Kirwan</p>

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<p>Chapter 48</p>

<p>Hӧlderlin and Heidegger: Which God Will Save Us?</p>

<p>Cyril O’Regan</p>

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<p>Chapter 49</p>

<p>“The Apocalypse Has Begun”: Ivan Illich and René Girard on Anti-Christ</p>

<p>David Cayley</p>

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<p>Chapter 50</p>

<p>Weak Faith</p>

<p>Frederick Depoortere</p>

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<p>Chapter 51</p>

<p>Terrorism and Religion</p>

<p>Elisabetta Brighi</p>

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<p>Chapter 52</p>

<p>Apocalypse: Hope Against All Hope</p>

<p>Bruce K. Ward&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>

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<p>Chapter 53</p>

<p>Enlightened Doomsaying</p>

<p>Wilhelm Guggenberger</p>

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<p>Part VI</p>

<p>ALTERNATIVE PARADIGMS</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>Chapter 54 Introduction</p>

Paul Dumouchel<p></p>

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<p>Chapter 55</p>

<p>The New Atheism: Dawkins, Harris, Hitchens</p>

<p>Grant Kaplan</p>

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<p>Chapter 56</p>

<p>Scientific Evidence for the Foundational Role of Psychological Mimesis <p>Scott Garrels</p>

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<p>Chapter 57</p>

<p>Cognitive Neuroscience and Religion</p>

<p>Warren S. Brown</p>

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<p>Chapter 58</p>

<p>Generative Anthropology</p>

<p>Eric Gans</p>

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<p>Chapter 59</p>

<p>Critiques of Girard’s Mimetic Theory</p>

<p>Trevor Cribben Merrill</p>

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<p>Chapter 60<b><i>&lt;</i></b></p><i> <p>A Theory of Everything? A Methodological Tale<i></i></p>

<p>Paul Dumouchel</p>

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<p>Chapter 61</p>

<p>Mimetic Theory and Self-Criticism</p>

<p>Jean-Marc Bourdin</p>

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<p>Part VII</p>

<p>APPROACHING THE CONTEMPORARY</p>

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<p>Chapter 62 Introduction</p>

<p>Andrew McKenna and Sheelah Treflé Hidden</p>

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<p>Chapter 63</p>

<p>Scandal</p>

<p>Jeremiah Alberg</p>

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<p>Chapter 64</p>

<p>Terrorism and the Escalation of Violence</p>

<p>Duncan Morrow</p>

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<p>Chapter 65</p>

<p>Religious Conflicts in the Contemporary World</p>

<p>Vern Neufeld Redekop</p>

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<p>Chapter 66</p>

<p>Modern Confessional Movements</p>

<p>Kris Rocke</p>

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<p>Chapter 67</p>

<p>Mimetic Insights into the Sacred in Film</p>

<p>Joel Hodge</p>

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<p>Chapter 68</p>

<p>Resurgent Religious Themes in Contemporary Film</p>

<p>Chris Fleming</p>

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<p>Chapter 69</p>

<p>Pastoral Outreach and Community Living</p>

<p>Adam Ericksen</p>

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<p><b>James Alison</b>, priest, theologian, and author, is a Fellow of <i>Imitatio</i>. He has been working with Girard’s thought since 1985 and has contributed to the field with a number of books, most recently the adult catechetical course “Jesus the Forgiving Victim.”&nbsp;</p>

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<p><b>Wolfgang Palaver</b> is Professor of Catholic Social Thought at the University of Innsbruck. From 2007 to 2011 he was president of the Colloquium on Violence and Religion. Recent publications: <i>René Girard's Mimetic Theory</i> (2013); <i>The European Wars of Religion</i> (2016).</p>

<p><i>The Palgrave Handbook of Mimetic Theory and Religion</i> draws on the expertise of leading scholars and thinkers to explore the violent origins of culture, the meaning of ritual, and the conjunction of theology and anthropology, as well as secularization, science, and terrorism. &nbsp;Authors assess the contributions of René Girard’s mimetic theory to our understanding of sacrifice, ancient tragedy, and post-modernity, and apply its insights to religious cinema and the global economy. This handbook serves as introduction and guide to a theory of religion and human behavior that has established itself as fertile terrain for scholarly research and intellectual reflection.</p><p></p>

<p>The first introductory volume to gather articles from the world’s foremost scholars of mimetic theory and religion, and first major collective work of this scope on mimetic theory</p><p>Makes a decisive contribution to the reassessment of our understanding of religion in the 21st century</p><p>Shows the importance and relevance of mimetic theory to contemporary scholarly debates in theology, religious studies, anthropology, and philosophy, among other fields</p><p>Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras</p>