Mimetic Theory and Islam

"The Wound Where Light Enters"

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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This volume explores the 'Mimetic Theory' of the cultural theorist René Girard and its applicability to Islamic thought and tradition.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2019-05-17
Mått148 x 210 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor178
FörlagSpringer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN9783030056940

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Michael Kirwan is a Jesuit priest who taught theology at Heythrop College (University of London), and is now an associate professor at the Loyola Institute, Trinity College, Dublin. He is the author of Discovering Girard (2004), and Girard and Theology (2009).Ahmad Achtar taught Islamic Studies at Heythrop College, and is currently a research associate at the School of Advancd Study (University of London).

Ch. 1. 'The Wound Where Light Enters', Michael Kirwan and Ahmad Achtar.- Ch. 2. 'Islamic Anthropology, based on Key Passages in the Qu'ran', Zekiriji Seijdini.- Ch. 3. ‘Adam and Eve in the Qur’an: a Mimetic Perspective’, Ahmad Achtar.- Ch. 4. ‘The Becoming of a Model: Conflictive Relations and the Shaping of the Qur’anic Ibrahim’, Michaela Neulinger.- Ch. 5. ‘Fathers and Sons, Sacrifice and Substitution: Mimetic Theory and Islam in Genesis 22 and Sura 37’, Sandor Goodhart.- Ch. 6. ‘From Structure to Interpretation of the Joseph Sura’, Michel Cuypers.- Ch. 7. ‘Islam, Violence and Acquisitive Mimesis: a Girardian Perspective’, Malise Ruthven.- Ch. 8. ‘Traditional Christian Images of the Prophet: a Mimetic Rivalry?’, Roman Siebenrock.- Ch. 9. ‘Spiritual Love and Sacred Suffering for: Mimetic Theory from a Shi’a Perspective’, Habibullah Babaei.- Ch. 10. 'The Philosophy of Dialogic Engagement: Two Muslim Dialogue Thinkers vis-à-vis Mimetic Theory', Oemer Sener.- Ch. 11. ‘Islam and Islamism in the Mirror of Girard’s Mimetic Theory’, Thomas Scheffler.- Ch. 12. 'Prison Violence in France and Mimetic Theory', Yaniss Warrach.- Ch. 13. ‘Muslim Brotherhood, Social Justice and Resentment’, Wilhelm Guggenberger.- Ch. 14. '"Vox victima, vox moderna?": Modernity and Its Discontents', Michael Kirwan.