René Girard and the Coherence of the Redemptive Work: Example, Instruction, and the Sacrifice of the Cross
René Girard’s mimetic theory opens up a possibility of unifying the ethical and objective dimensions of Christ’s redemptive work, harmonizing a problematic tension that arises from the redemptive act. To demonstrate this, I draw on Girard’s writings on the Gospels to show how a Girardian reading of...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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2022
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Toronto journal of theology
Jahr: 2022, Band: 38, Heft: 2, Seiten: 190-203 |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Atonement
B Mimesis B Girard B Redemption B Sacrifice |
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| Zusammenfassung: | René Girard’s mimetic theory opens up a possibility of unifying the ethical and objective dimensions of Christ’s redemptive work, harmonizing a problematic tension that arises from the redemptive act. To demonstrate this, I draw on Girard’s writings on the Gospels to show how a Girardian reading of the cross leads to an understanding of the redemptive work of Christ as simultaneously exemplary, didactic, and sacrificial, with no real distance between any of these terms. |
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| ISSN: | 1918-6371 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Toronto journal of theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3138/tjt-2021-0086 |