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OverviewLeading Girardian theologian Scott Cowdell seeks to resolve a long-standing challenge to mimetic theory: that it entails a fundamental brutishness—an ontological violence. Girard’s account of scapegoating violence, seen as providing the initial stability for our species to emerge and consolidate, hardly seems compatible with Christian belief in God’s good creation, with violence only appearing after a subsequent Fall. The brilliant but controversial theologian John Milbank has long raised this concern about Girard, grounded in a remarkably sophisticated (though seldom fathomed) philosophical theology. Unpacking Milbank’s program, along with Girard’s recasting of Continental philosophy in light of mimetic theory, Cowdell finds a way between two apparently irreconcilable positions. With irenic spirit but analytic tenacity, he probes for ways through Milbank’s arguments while pressing on growth points in Girard’s. Cowdell’s proposals involve reframing divine creation in light of salvation history, reimagining divine participation by thinking Christ and evolution together, and developing a semiotic approach to mimetic theory that delivers ontological peace hermeneutically. Cowdell shows how Girard’s vision of human transformation through faith in Christ reveals a different world beyond ontological violence while preserving the divine participation that Milbank champions. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Scott CowdellPublisher: Michigan State University Press Imprint: Michigan State University Press Weight: 0.272kg ISBN: 9781611864649ISBN 10: 161186464 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 01 August 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationScott Cowdell is research professor in theology at Charles Sturt University in Canberra, Australia; canon theologian of the Canberra and Goulburn Anglican Diocese; and the author of ten books. He is on the editorial board of Contagion; co-edits the Bloomsbury Academic series Violence, Desire, and the Sacred; and is founding president of the Australian Girard Seminar. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |