Contents
Violence
Renounced
Foreword
by Diane M. Culbertson 13
Series
Editors’ Preface 15
Editor’s
Preface 17
Introduction 19
Part I First Reading: Girard for Biblical Study
and Theology
Chapter 1 Girardian Perspectives and Christian Atonement
• 31
Marlin E. Miller
Chapter 2 Scapegoating No More:
Christian Pacifism
and New Testament Views of Jesus’ Death • 49
Ted Grimsrud
Chapter 3 Text as Peacemaker:
Deuteronomic Innovations
in Violence Detoxification • 70
Charles Mabee
Chapter 4 Can Girard Help Us to Read
Joshua? • 85
Gordon H. Matties
Chapter 5 Sacrificial Language in
Hebrews: Reappraising René Girard • 103
Michael Hardin
Chapter 6 “A Better
Sacrifice” or “Better Than Sacrifice”?
Response to Hardin’s “Sacrificial Language in
Hebrews” • 120
Loren L. Johns
Chapter 7 Girard and Atonement: An
Incarnational Theory
of Mimetic Participation • 132
Robin Collins
Part II Second Reading:
Girardian Theory, Biblical
and Critical Analyses, and Theological Critique
Chapter 8 Reading Ancient Near Eastern
Literature from
the Perspective of René Girard’s Scapegoat Theory
• 157
Paul Keim
Chapter 9 King as Servant, Sacrifice as
Service:
Gospel Transformations • 178
James G. Williams
Chapter 10 René Girard and the
Innocent Victim • 200
Sandor Goodhart
Chapter 11 Discipleship and Imitation
of Jesus/Suffering Servant: The Mimesis of New Creation
• 218
Willard M. Swartley
Chapter 12 Christian Discipleship as
Participative Imitation:
Theological Reflections on Girardian Themes • 246
Jim Fodor
Chapter 13 Loving Mimesis and
Girard’s “Scapegoat of the Text”:
A Creative Reassessment of Mimetic Desire • 277
Rebecca Adams
Chapter 14 Violence Renounced •
308
Response by René Girard
Bibliography 321
The Index 333
The
Contributors 341
The
Editor 343
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