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A Feminist Critique and Appropriation of Mimetic Theory
The move from mimetic theory to mimetic theology is an ongoing effort which involves the appropriation of the insights of mimetic theory as the hermeneutical lens through which to read the bible and other theological sources.[1] Mimetic theology is thus … Continue reading
Posted in Feminist theology
Tagged Alison, carr, Girard, intersectionality, nowak, schwager, thesis, vasko
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Doran on Lonergan and Girard
Robert Doran, “The Nonviolent Cross: Lonergan and Girard on Redemption,” Theological Studies 71 (2010): 46–61. Doran correlates Lonergan’s Law of the Cross with Girard’s anthropological insights, arguing that Girard’s mimetic theory provides the psychic, although not the spiritual, data corresponding … Continue reading
Posted in Moral theology, Theological anthropology
Tagged Girard, lonergan, moral evil, paschal mystery, systematics, thesis
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Summarizing Mimetic Anthropology
This summary (taken straight from my draft term paper) provides some background on the mimetic approach to theological anthropology and the atonement from which I frequently tend to work. It is based on the work of Rene Girard and of … Continue reading
Posted in Theological anthropology, Uncategorized
Tagged Alison, atonement, Girard, leguin, mimetic, scapegoat
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Talent and Economics
This past weekend, our first reading was a passage from the book of Proverbs on the value of a good, talented, diligent wife. I listened to that reading and wondered what gospel passage it could possibly be pointing to. I … Continue reading
Rejecting the Glamor of Evil
We were blessed this weekend by a first reading from a portion of Sirach (Sir 27:30-28:7) that begins this way: Wrath and anger are hateful things, yet the sinner hugs them tight. The vengeful will suffer the LORD’s vengeance, for … Continue reading
Posted in Theology
Tagged 9/11, Alison, forgiveness, Girard, love your enemies, mimetic, scandal
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