Girard and Theology

The work of the French American theorist René Girard (b.1923) has been highly influential in a wide variety of intellectual disciplines. One enthusiastic reviewer in Le Monde suggested that the year 1972 (when La Violence et le Sacré was published) should

Michael Kirwan is Head of Theology at Heythrop College in the University of London, UK.

Introduction: 'The man on the train'	p. 1
Theology's bickering handmaids	p. 4
Girard: Philosopher or critic?	p. 6
Repetition and mimesis	p. 9
Rene Girard: Life and work	p. 13
Revelation and conversion: From Things Hidden to Evolution and Conversion	p. 17
The mimetic theory of Rene Girard	p. 20
Thinking on a grand scale	p. 20
A tripartite theory	p. 21
Mimesis and conflict	p. 24
'The Kingdom of God has become scientific'	p. 27
Conclusion	p. 30
The Innsbruck connection: Dramatic theology	p. 33
Raymund Schwager: 1935-2004	p. 33
Dramatic theology	p. 36
A theological 'anthropophany'	p. 45
Naming humanity before god	p. 45
The turn to the subject	p. 48
Girard and anthropology	p. 50
A mimetic anthropology	p. 54
The drama of salvation	p. 57
Christ, then salvation	p. 59
Girard and Anselm	p. 61
Conclusion: Beyond salvation	p. 67
'Painting pictures on clouds': The metaphors of atonement	p. 70
First model: Christ's victory over the devil	p. 70
Second model: The justice of God	p. 73
Third model: Sacrifice	p. 75
The exodus from sacrifice	p. 76
Conclusion	p. 79
Girard and the Bible	p. 81
From myth to gospel	p. 81
The logos of the victim	p. 84
An exegetical response	p. 86
Figura and ambivalence	p. 87
Political theology	p. 93
The violent return of religion	p. 93
Violence and the sacred in the modern world	p. 94
The doctrine of the katechon	p. 96
The 'apocalyptic feeling'	p. 99
Views from the South	p. 106
Girard and liberation theology	p. 109
Witchcraze	p. 110
Conclusion	p. 115
Girard and the religions	p. 120
The revelation of Holy Week	p. 120
A stuttering conversation: Boston 2000	p. 123
Girard and the theologians	p. 132
Epilogue	p. 143
Notes	p. 146
Bibliography	p. 151
Index	p. 161
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