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Author Hodge, Joel, editor

Title Resisting violence and victimisation : Christian faith and solidarity in East Timor / Joel Hodge
Published Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2012]
©2012
©2012

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 MELB  275.987082 Hod/Rva  AVAILABLE
Description x, 232 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Setting the context -- In dialogue: faith and the victim -- René Girard's mimetic theory: desire, victimage, and Christ -- East Timor: history, religion and culture -- Violence and faith -- Ground to stand: the relation between faith and mimesis -- Crisis and choice: the relation of faith to the victim -- Sacred violence and Christian resistance -- State and the violent sacred -- Christian resistance in suffering and victimhood -- Solidarity with the victim -- Martyrs of East Timor: solidarity with the victim -- Healing pasch: grief, reconciliation and eucharistic solidarity -- Eucharistic faith and solidarity: perspectives on the church and East Timor
Analysis Australian
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Girard, René, 1923-2015.
Christianity -- Timor-Leste.
Government, Resistance to -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Psychology, Religious -- Timor-Leste.
Government, Resistance to -- Timor-Leste -- History -- 20th century.
Suffering -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Suffering -- Timor-Leste.
Victims of crimes -- Religious life.
Violence -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Violence -- Timor-Leste -- History -- 20th century.
Violence -- Timor-Leste.
LC no. 2012009615
ISBN 1409445879 (alk. paper)
1409445887 (ebook)
9781409445876 (alk. paper)
9781409445883 (ebook)