{"product_id":"9781628953138","title":"Mimetic Theory and World Religions","description":"Those who anticipated the demise of religion and the advent of a peaceful, secularized global village have seen the last two decades confound their predictions. René Girard’s mimetic theory is a key to understanding the new challenges posed by our world of resurgent violence and pluralistic cultures and traditions. Girard sought to explain how the Judeo-Christian narrative exposes a founding murder at the origin of human civilization and demystifies the bloody sacrifices of archaic religions. Meanwhile, his book \u003ci\u003eSacrifice\u003c\/i\u003e, a reading of conflict and sacrificial resolution in the Vedic Brahmanas, suggests that mimetic theory’s insights also resonate with several non-Western religious and spiritual traditions. This volume collects engagements with Girard by scholars of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism and situates them within contemporary theology, philosophy, and religious studies.","brand":"Michigan State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152012787952,"sku":"9781628953138","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781628953138_p0.jpg?v=1763870215","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781628953138","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}