Transforming the sacred into saintliness: reflecting on violence and religion with René Girard
Studies into religion and violence often put religion first. René Girard started with violence in his book Violence and the Sacred. This element explores some of Girard's main features of saintliness. Girard pleaded for the transformation of the sacred into holy, not their separation.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2021
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Palaver, Wolfgang, 1958-, Transforming the sacred into saintliness : reflecting on violence and religion with René Girard] (2022) (Robinette, Brian DuWayne)
[Rezension von: Palaver, Wolfgang, 1958-, Transforming the sacred into saintliness : reflecting on violence and religion with René Girard] (2021) (Reineke, Martha J., 1954 -) |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Further subjects: | B
Religion - Philosophie
B Holy, The B Violence - Religious aspects B Sacré B Violence - Philosophy B Religion - Philosophy B Girard, René - 1923-2015 B Violence - Aspect religieux B Violence - Philosophie |
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| Summary: | Studies into religion and violence often put religion first. René Girard started with violence in his book Violence and the Sacred. This element explores some of Girard's main features of saintliness. Girard pleaded for the transformation of the sacred into holy, not their separation. Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Transforming the Sacred into Saintliness: Reflecting on Violence and Religion with René Girard -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Why Violence Precedes Religion and Not the Other Way Around -- 2.1 Starting with Human Violence -- 2.2 The French Wars over the Sacred and a Normative Conceptof Religion -- 3 Violence and the Sacred -- 3.1 Raymund Schwager's Emphasis on the Distinctionbetween the Sacred and the Holy -- 3.2 The Scapegoat Mechanism -- 3.3 The Relative Peace of the Pre-Axial Sacred -- 4 The Biblical Difference -- 4.1 The Book of Job Reveals the God of Victims and Not theAmbivalence of the Numinous -- 4.2 The Adulterous Woman Who Is Saved from Being Stoned -- 5 From the Sacred to Saintliness in France -- 5.1 From Durkheim's Sacred to a New Saintliness -- 5.2 Simone Weil's Distinction between True Religion and Idolatry -- 6 Dimensions of Saintliness -- 6.1 From the Sacred Sacrifice to Saintly Sacrifice -- 6.2 The Saintliness of the Responsible Individual -- 6.3 An Intimate Mediation -- 6.4 Detachment from Worldly Power -- 6.5 A Kenotic Concept of a Nonviolent God -- 6.6 Transforming the Sacred into Saintliness -- References -- Acknowledgments. |
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| Item Description: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (96 pages) |
| ISBN: | 1108610382 |