Desire in René Girard and Jesus / William Lloyd Newell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Newell, William Lloyd.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Girard, René, 1923-2015.

Girard, René.

Jesus Christ.

Desire--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Desire.

Christianity--Psychology.

Christianity.

Physical Description:

ix, 230 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2012]

Summary:

William L. Newell presents a comprehensive analysis of Rene Girard s work on the origins of culture and the depths of human desire. Girard makes no claim toward a theory of religion, rather he lays the groundwork for a postmodern theory of it. Girard's desire concerns fallen humanity, those, insanely imitating what they lacked, and his use of the Bible brings back into play the idea of die holy in secular academia. Newell challenges Girard's interpretation of Jesus's Passion as non-sacrificial, and he offers a close reading of Girard's works on mimetic desire, scapegoating, and sacrifice. Newell also creates breakthrough theology oil Jesus in the Excursus. Newell seeks to begin a theory of "the end of the sacred" and what will be in its place: the holy. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I 31

1 The Foundational Murder 33

2 Ressentiment Redivivus: The Origin and Basis of Religion 47

3 Violence, Myth, and the Sacred 77

4 Logos in Heraclitus and John 115

5 Apocalypse: "Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World" 125

6 Christ's Passion: A Non-Sacrificial Death 141

Part II 167

7 The Sacrificial Passion: Jesus' Foundational Event 169.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780739171097

0739171097

9780739171103

0739171100

OCLC:

769990507