Introduction

Scott Cowdell, Joel Hodge, Chris Fleming

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    Abstract

    The book you are now holding is the first fruits of a new venture in exploring, engaging, and commending the Girardian vision, called the Australian Girard Seminar. Two of the editors, Scott Cowdell and Joel Hodge, were introduced to each other by James Alison at the July 2010 conference of the Colloquium on Violence and Religion at Notre Dame, Indiana, and soon decided that something needed doing in their own country. Quickly brought on board was Chris Fleming, who wrote the first major study of Girard in English. The editors organized an inaugural conference on Friday and Saturday, January 14 and 15, 2011, held at St Paul’s College within the University of Sydney. Present were about forty people gathered from the editors’ own networks, with other interested persons who were immediately attracted to a gathering of Girardian thinkers, comprising a good mix of scholars, ministry practitioners, community workers, and students—not to mention a film-maker and a community clown. The papers were of sufficient quality and interest that Continuum agreed to this publication, et voila.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationViolence, Desire, and the Sacred: Girard’s Mimetic Theory Across the Disciplines
    EditorsScott Cowdell, Chris Fleming, Joel Hodge
    Place of PublicationU.S.A.
    PublisherContinuum
    Pagesxiv-xix
    Number of pages6
    ISBN (Print)9781441194015
    Publication statusPublished - 2012

    Keywords

    • Girard, René
    • interdisciplinary inquiry

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