Editors:
Offers mimetic readings of Qu'ranic and Biblical passages
Explores mimetic resonances within the wider Islamic Tradition
Examines contemporary themes through a Girardian lens
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Argument
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Front Matter
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Texts
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Front Matter
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Christianity and Islam in Resentful Modernity
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This volume explores the 'Mimetic Theory' of the cultural theorist René Girard and its applicability to Islamic thought and tradition. Authors critically examine Girard's assertion about the connection between group formation, religion, and 'scapegoating' violence. These insights, Girard maintained, have their source in biblical revelation. Are there parallels in other faith traditions, especially Islam? To this end, Muslim scholars and scholars of Mimetic Theory have examined the hypothesis of an 'Abrahamic Revolution.' This is the claim that Judaism, Christianity, and Islam each share in a spiritual and ethical historical 'breakthrough:' a move away from scapegoating violence, and towards a sense of justice for the innocent victim.
Editors and Affiliations
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Loyola Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Michael Kirwan
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School of Advanced Study, University of London, London, UK
Ahmad Achtar
About the editors
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).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mimetic Theory and Islam
Book Subtitle: "The Wound Where Light Enters"
Editors: Michael Kirwan, Ahmad Achtar
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05695-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-05694-0Published: 17 May 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-05695-7Published: 07 May 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 178
Topics: Islamic Theology, Philosophy of Religion, Social Anthropology