René Girard and Creative Reconciliation

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

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The contribution of this book to the field of reconciliation is both theoretical and practical, recognizing that good theory guides effective practice and practice is the ground for compelling theory. Using a Girardian hermeneutic as a starting point, a new conceptual Gestalt emerges in these essays, one not fully integrated in a formal way but showing a clear understanding of some of the challenges and possibilities for dealing with the deep divisions, enmity, hatred, and other effects of violence. By situating discourse about reconciliation within the context of Girardian thought, it becomes clear that—like Peter who vowed he would never deny Jesus but ended up doing it three times—any of us is susceptible to the siren call of angry resentment and retaliation. It is with a profound awareness of the power of violence that the emergence of mimetic discourse around reconciliation takes on particular urgency.

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Utgivningsdatum2014-01-09
Mått162 x 236 x 36 mm
Vikt762 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor424
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780739169001

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Vern Neufeld Redekop is a full professor in the School of Conflict Studies at Saint Paul University, Ottawa. He is the co-author of Introduction to Conflict Studies: Empirical, Theoretical, and Ethical Dimensions (2012) and Beyond Control: A Mutual Respect Approach to Protest Crowd – Police Relations (2010).Thomas Ryba is Notre Dame Theologian-in-Residence at the Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Center as well as lecturer in philosophy and religious studies and adjunct professor of Jewish studies at Purdue University.

Introduction: Deep-Rooted Conflict, Reconciliation and Mimetic TheoryVern Neufeld Redekop and Thomas RybaPart I. FORGIVENESS, RESPONSIBILITY, AND BLESSINGChapter 1: Mimetic Desire, Aphetic Mimesis, and Reconciliation as the Nexus of Letting Go and Turning Around Cameron Thomson Chapter 2: The Self and Other People: Reading Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation with René Girard and Emmanuel Levinas Sandor GoodhartChapter 3: Dialogical ResponseSandor Goodhart and Vern Neufeld Redekop Chapter 4: Blessing-Based Reconciliation in the Face of ViolenceVern Neufeld RedekopPart II. THEOLOGY OF FRIENDSHIP, PEACE, AND NON-VIOLENCEChapter 5: Towards a Theology of Friendship in the “Global Village”Nadia DelicataChapter 6: Clashing Minorities, Converging Majorities: Toward a Coming Religious PeaceJon Pahl Chapter 7: The Creative Non-Violent Approach of Walter WinkSue-Anne HessChapter 8: Improvising the Practice of Nonresistance as Creative MimesisPeter SmithPart III. RETHINKING GIRARDIAN CONCEPTSChapter 9: René Girard and the Symbolism of Religious SacrificeEugene WebbChapter 10: Psychology, Hermeneutic Philosophy, and Girardian Thought: Toward a Creative MimesisFrank Richardson and Kathryn FrostChapter 11: Rethinking Girardian Reconciliation: The Myth of the ExceptionLeonhard PraegPart IV. RECONCILIATION IN CONTEXTChapter 12: Seeding Reconciliation in a Theatre of War: A New Role for Military Chaplains Steve MooreChapter 13: India and Pakistan: Changing Trajectory: The Role Of Karma Within a Framework Of ReconciliationRupa MenonChapter 14: There is a crack in everything…. New relationships for self and other in Northern IrelandDuncan MorrowChapter 15: Reconciliation as Resistance: Martyrdom in East TimorJoel HodgeChapter 16: Mimesis, Residential Schools and ReconciliationCynthia Stirbys Chapter 17: Bosnian Children of Command RapeAngela KiralyChapter 18: “We Forgive and ask Forgiveness”: The Papal Prayers for Forgiveness in Mimetic Perspective—With an Afterthought on Recent Cases of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Church OfficialsNikolaus WandingerChapter 19: From Fracturing Resemblances to Restorative Differences: Identity, Conflict, and Mimetic Desire among the Maya Tzotzil Chamula of Chiapas Mexico Miguel de Las Casas RollandConclusionVern Neufeld Redekop and Thomas Ryba

Professor Rene Girard contended that mimetic violence and rivalry are at the center of all conflict and the sacrifice of a victim brings about harmony until the next round of conflict escalation. Dr. Vern Redekop and Dr. Thomas Ryba break new ground in the Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS) field by applying Girard’s often-viewed controversial theory of violence to the reconciliation, forgiveness, and nonviolent processes of societies transitioning out of violence. This new study is a must read for PACS students, scholars, and practitioners as well as policymakers and NGOs.