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Author Girard, René, 1923-2015, author.

Title René Girard and Raymund Schwager : correspondence 1974-1991 / edited by Scott Cowdell, Chris Fleming, Joel Hodge, and Mathias Moosbrugger ; translated by Chris Fleming and Sheelah Treflé Hidden
Published New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 217 pages)
Series Violence, desire, and the sacred
Violence, desire, and the sacred.
Contents FC; Raymund Schwager (L) and René Girard (R); Violence, Desire, and the Sacred; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Contributors; Editors' Introduction; Beautiful Minds in Dialogue Karin Peter and Nikolaus Wandinger; Notes on the English Translation; The Girard-Schwager Correspondence, 1974-1991; Publications Cited in the Correspondence; Who's Who in the Correspondence; Index
Summary "The brilliant and ground-breaking mimetic theory of the French-American theorist René Girard (1923-2015) has gained wide-ranging recognition, yet its development has received less attention. This volume presents the important correspondence -- conducted in French and as yet unpublished, let alone translated into English -- between Girard and his major theological interlocutor Raymund Schwager SJ (1935-2004). It presents the personal relationship between two great thinkers that led to the development of a significant break-through in the humanities. In particular it reveals the theological development of Girard's thought in dialogue with Schwager, who was concerned to assist Girard in areas where he had little expertise and had encountered major criticism, such as the theological application of sacrifice. These issues in particular had placed major barriers to Girard's acceptance in theological circles. These letters reveal how Girard, with Schwager's help, entered the mainstream of theological debate."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Girard, René, 1923-2015 -- Correspondence
Schwager, Raymund -- Correspondence
SUBJECT Girard, René, 1923-2015 fast
Schwager, Raymund fast
Subject Philosophers -- United States -- Correspondence
Theologians -- Switzerland -- Correspondence
Philosophy of religion.
Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church.
PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
Philosophers
Theologians
Switzerland
United States
Genre/Form Personal correspondence
Form Electronic book
Author Schwager, Raymund, author.
Cowdell, Scott, editor
LC no. 2016031200
ISBN 9781501320491
1501320491
9781501320507
1501320505
Other Titles Correspondence. Selections. English