Grant Kaplan's René Girard, Unlikely Apologist: Mimetic Theory and Fundamental Theology
This article review's Grant Kaplan's, René Girard, Unlikely Apologist: Mimetic Theory and Fundamental Theology. The content of the book offers the occasion to comment on some themes in Girard's thought in relation to theology. In particular it expands upon it with reference to some of...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publishing
[2019]
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Pro ecclesia
Year: 2019, Volume: 28, Issue: 4, Pages: 446-454 |
| Review of: | René Girard, unlikely apologist (Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, 2016) (Dadosky, John Daniel)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Girard, René 1923-2015
/ Mimesis
/ Fundamental theology
/ Secularism
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AD Sociology of religion; religious policy NAB Fundamental theology TK Recent history |
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Book review
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| Summary: | This article review's Grant Kaplan's, René Girard, Unlikely Apologist: Mimetic Theory and Fundamental Theology. The content of the book offers the occasion to comment on some themes in Girard's thought in relation to theology. In particular it expands upon it with reference to some of the insights from Bernard Lonergan.Girard's legacy can contribute to a reaffirmation of the uniqueness of Christian identity in a pluralistic age, and a contribution to Catholic social teaching --i.e. a preferential option for the scapegoated and marginalized. Although he reclaimed his Christian roots, Girard was neither a philosopher nor a theologian. Therefore, some of his provocative insights, while valuable, stand in need of a critical appropriation. Kaplan's important study provides an oppurtunity to raise some of those questions. |
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| ISSN: | 2631-8334 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Pro ecclesia
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/1063851219874626 |